[MCR] Athabasca North Face

Attempted the North Face of Athabasca today, too much wind, snow and spindrift so we bailed after 2 pitches. We used snowshoes but they weren't necessary as foot penetration is to boot top right now. Good walking, but it is late winter and it did take awhile to get to the face, and it was a lot of work. There has been a very large serac calving from the glacier that sits between the Silverhorn and the Hourglass route. Many car sized blocks of ice sitting in the basin below the face and the debris ran down to the level of the Boundry Peak Col. That glacier is changing, unfortunately not for the better.

A new small serac has sprouted above the start of the Ramp on the North Glacier route.

Barry Blanchard

UIAGM/IFMGA Mountain Guide

Yamnuska Mountain Adventures