Climbed Athabasca today via the North Glacier Ramp with Richard Howes and Patrick Delaney . We had a good freeze overnight, great travel up the glacier on snow, and good step kicking in 15-25cm of recent storm snow above 2900m. We were able to descend the ramp around 1130 before it warmed up too much.
By 1300 the recent storm snow had warmed up and started sluffing/avalanching in steeper terrain or rocky areas so this is something to keep in mind for the next few days if the weather stays sunny.
A report from the North Face 2 days ago reported great conditions and it looked like it was in very good shape today as well.
Cheers, Conrad JanzenMountain Guide with Yamnuska Mountain Adventures
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