[MCR] Rockies: Temple

A day off and a jaunt up the Greenwood-Jones route on Temple Thursday Aug 7. The recent snow above 3000m Grant mentioned in his summary has burned off most of this north facing route, just some teeny patches above 3000m. I suspect the black towers on the E Ridge will be back to the shape they were in a week ago, e.g. good.

The summit ridge is baring off and is getting to be a pain in the butt to deal with due to thin snow over ice or bare ice on the steeper terrain forcing you onto the snowier, flatter terrain on the cornices; and cleaves (cracks) between the cornice and the glacier. There are a couple of small crevasses on the trail leading up the summit ridge too.

That all said, there is still a fair bit of residual winter snow left on all the high peaks in the Lake Louise group, they don't seem to be in the bone-dry condition that we have become used to at this time of the season over the past few years.

Mark Klassen

Mountain Guide

Erica Roles

Assistant Rock Guide