traversed to the second summit and down a unique descent route for
route-finding practice. Very fun exploratory scramble with our descent route
having no trails other than snippets of game trails which were used to good
effect by the group. Perfect for our training purposes. Normal descent is
back down the route of ascent from the highway.
Route was dry throughout as was everything North and East of Kootenay
Plains. Mount Abraham looked bone dry as did Stelfox, etc.
Mount Wilson observed from the highway still had extensive snow cover down
to the base of the glacier. Some ice starting to show at the toe of the
glacier. A brief glimpse of Forbes showed a very snowy upper mountain before
the cloud swallowed it up again. North faces of peaks observed south of
Kootenay Plains area still looked pretty snowy.
Cyril Shokoples MG
Rescue Dynamics
5109 - 17A Avenue NW
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA T6L 1K5
http://www.rescuedynamics.ca
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