[MCR] Columbia Icefields. June 9,10,11

Subject: [MCR] Columbia Icefields. June 9,10,11
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:19:08 -0600
Last 3 days at the icefields, quiet place!
No freeze on the 9th and 10th.
Up Athabasca today via AA col. -1 in parking lot and excellent travel. Slope up in good shape, frozen hard. Some patches of deeper snow here and there otherwise good cramponing. Snow over the past week has piled up above 9500ft, Approx 10-40cm wind distributed. A few small slabs popped off below trail up Silverhorn which was interesting. Quite a dense stiff layer on the surface. Larger terrain features should be watched, especially if it warms up. Summit ridge is pretty plastered and more new snow stuck on the steeper stuff on Andromeda than there was a week a go.
Peter Amann


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