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> Sarah Hueniken and I had a great adventure on Feb.11 in the
> Lake O'Hara area. We skiied into the Morning Glory Lakes
> area of Mt. Oderay to climb some ice I had spied while
> working in the area.
> Due to the low avalanche hazard, lack of wind and sun, we
> felt encouraged to try an ascent despite the avalanche
> hazard on the approach and above the climb.
>
> We found the climbing to be very techincal with lots of
> cleaning and variable ice/snice. We climbed and rappelled
> the route in 2 pitches. We left v-threads.
>
> There is an overhead serac shown in the photo, but no
> evidence of debris at this time.
> There are the three surface hoar layers in this area in the
> top 40 cm of the snowpack, when this slabs up it could be
> very touchy for avalanches.
Jen Olson
ACMG/UIAGM guide
Our line goes up the middle of the biggest blue area : )