This didn't seem to go through the other day:
Attempted Shooting Gallery Sept 20, beautiful early morning by the
fullish
moon, good freeze. 30-50 cm dry winter snow sitting on the glacier,
physical trailbreaking. Went to the route on the rock benches which are
well cairned and suprisingly little threatened by serac compared to what
they were in the late 70s. Slow winter postholing snow on the route.
Easy and clean shear down 10cm, moderate clean shear down 70 cm (5cm up
from the ice). Class 1 surface slab out on the climber's right side of
the gulley. We snaked our way up the left against the rock until we
abutted into a slab at about 1/4 height and rapped out'o there. Tricky
conditions right now. Athabasca via the AA col would be a grunt of
trailbreaking.
Happy trails
Barry Blanchard
www.yamnuska.com
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