[MCR] Rockies: Lake Louise group

The Assistant Alpine Guide Exam finished today. The last 3 days were spent in the Lake Louise area with one quick foray to K-Country when the weather was really hammering on the divide on Thursday/Friday. Today, Saturday, was good weather with mostly clear and cold conditions. It seemed to have rained quite high, with minimal snow accumulations below 2800 m - just a few cm. At higher elevations there has been a significant amount of new snowfall, however we avoided loaded areas and on the windward side of the higher peaks the new snow has been stripped away making for good climbing conditions on hard snow and ice. New snow and verglas on the rocks will make a rockfall hazard as soon as it warms up.

In the past couple of days we climbed Hector, Little, Buller (K Country), the glacier descending to the north from the Pope's/Whyte col, and explored the Upper Victoria glacier to the schrund.

Mark Klassen

Mountain Guide