Sept 19th we climbed A2 via the lower north Little Athabasca Glacier. As noted by Rob Owens travel was good for us to about 9500 feet (the Athabasca/Boundary Peak Col). Contouring around the upper Boundary Glacier we started with mid shin penetration and that deepened to knee below the Athabasca/A2 Col, hard work.
Sept 20th, snowing when we left at 2:00 pm. A couple of centimetres accumulated on the toe of the Athabasca Glacier.
Happy trails,
Barry Blanchard
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