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