1970 - The Batzer Hut

The Batzer Hut - Lucky Four Group - Chilliwack River Area
Location of Mt. Welch - Batzer Hut was on south edge of lake just SE of Welch
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The Batzer Hut with Slesse and the border peaks in the background.

Dennis Brown and I made our first trip up to the Batzer Hut on the south side of Welch and Foley in the spring. The views from the hut were spectacular. As you can see in the picture above, you can see Slesse on the left with the American and Canadian border peaks just above the left hand part of the hut.

Dennis enjoying a good read.

As the hut was almost encased with snow, it wasn't a very warm place to be, especially down low. The temperature up at the top of the ceiling though was really quite nice! Too bad we didn't have a ceiling fan.

At the Welch - Foley col.

The picture here shows the view of Foley from the Welch Foley col. I found it an impressive site coming out of the mist.

Oh yes, the Batzer Hut was later wiped out by an avalanche.