Total so far: 13,215m
Although not very high, Sproat is one of the most noticeable summits from Whistler village, mostly because aside from Whistler and Blackcomb is the geographically the closest. Most of the limited reports I had heard about skiing touring on Sproat highlighted 2 main characteristics. 1) it is crawling with snowmobiles, and 2) the runs are short and flat and there is a total lack of gnar. All of these assumptions proved to be quite wrong, and after a very enjoyable trip I will certainly be returning to Sproat again.
For the ascent we took the shorter, steeper of the two recognised routes, up the North East ridge. The then swung around the summit to the east and approached with spectacular views of the ski resort. We skied 2 laps on the north west flank, and spied a lot of far gnarlier terrain on the opposing face of Tonic peak. We didn't see any sledders (although we saw lots of old tracks and did hear one at one point) and we ended the day by skiing out the creek between Sproat and Tonic, which was relatively quick and painless.
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