Hey Guys/Gals
Just a quick heads up. Working in Johnstone Canyon today. The left most section of the upper area where the long pillars generally form is starting to see enough sun effect that it's starting to shed some pretty substantial size chunks of ice. When we rolled in today, there were quite a few blocks laying fairly close to the end of the catwalk and to the normal staging area, that have likely come down in the last 24hrs or so. The one big pillar that is still standing looks spooky. It's the closet to the base area we all normally hang out at and once your a ways up the routes to the far right of it, you can see it's actually fractured and settled out about 6in. as well as starting to get pretty delaminated near the top. Guessing it won't be long until it comes down too. Feels like the base area would be a scary place to watch it tip over from.
Anyhoo, just thought, it might just feel a bit cramped in there if you caught the canyon on a busy day.
The routes on the right side are still good to go, we stuck to those for the day, just starting to see a bit of sun rot near the tops but that's it!
Adios!
Mike Trehearne
ACMG Assistant Alpine Guide