there are some minor snow patches in the gully to the west of the
route that allows you to bypass the lower two pitches.
There is some knee to thigh deep snow patches returning from the top
of the route to the Castle Hut descent gully. Gaiters were useful.
The snow was soft today, however, some ice could be felt underneath
and an ice axe may be useful if the snow consolidates and hardens
further.
The melt is producing some significant waterfalls off both the upper
and lower buttresses of Castle and bringing down some rocks along with
the water.
Josh Briggs.
ARG ASG
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