Up at the Icefields this weekend. Climbed Boundary Sunday and
Monday(different groups). North glacier ranged from 30-40cms of new snow
with the odd mid thigh sections closer to the Athabasca-Boundary col. No
significant slabs observed. Wanted my skis......
Up on the ridge the new snow was wind affected with cornices building and
slabs forming 20-30 cms down near the Boundary summit (2800ish metres).
Watched a team climb Silverhorn starting at noon on Sunday......terrifying.
Weather was bluebird on Sunday with a high of 16 degrees then back to low
vis/low ceiling Monday and a high of 7 degrees. Overnight temps ranged from
-1 @ 5am Sunday with light snow to +4 and rain @ 530 Monday morning.
Drove around and looked at other peaks (Diadem, Kitchener, etc.,) hard to
tell what was ice under all the snow. see pics.
Winter is looming...
Mike Stuart
Please see http://informalex.org/columbia_icefields for recent photos.