[MCR] Edith Cavell

Hello,

 

 We climbed the East Ridge of Edith Cavell on Tuesday July 25th. It was in quite good shape, mainly dry on the ridge with the usual snow crossings, some of which were safely bypassed on rock. There was a couple sections of ice on the upper ridge which may require an axe and crampons. The summit ridge had some recent tracks quite high on the cornice (yikes!), we used crampons and travelled lower down. Fresh socks and running shoes make the final trail home a little nicer.

 

 Enjoy your days,

 

Andrew Langsford

 

Asst. Alpine/Ski Guide  

 

 

 

 ridgemcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Climbed Mt.
>  Assiniboine Yesterday July 27/06. Excellent conditions,
> the best I have seen for a few years. The mountain itself is almost
> free of snow, except for couple patches. Still has a summit cornice
> that you need to be careful. We did not use any crampons, and used my
> ax to chop 4 steps.
>
> The Gmoser Highway is also in great shape. The only snow patch left is
> in the far south end where you exit out. That snow is easily bypassed
> on the left.
>
> The Temperature yesterday at 03:30 was about +9.0 at 8800 feet. On the
> summit of Assiniboine ( 11, 867) was about +5 at 09:00.
>
> Marco Delesalle
> Mountain Guide
>
>
>
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