[MCR] Lake O'Hara - Mt. Odaray - Mt. Schaeffer

Subject: [MCR] Lake O'Hara - Mt. Odaray - Mt. Schaeffer
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:04:02 -0600
Came out of Lake o'Hara on Friday afternoon. Lots of snowy patches on the higher level trails around Lake O'Hara. Mt. Schaeffer north ridge is in good shape and almost snow-free. We tried Mt. Odaray and encountered 20-30 cm of moist, unconsolidated snow on the surface, which made travel cumbersome on the glacier. Most of the cornices from the ridgeline above have dropped recently, however some big ones are still lingering and threatening the usual ascent route. The couloir to the notch between Little Odaray and Big Odaray looked very uninviting with dirt showing on the surface and the snow being moist and unconsolidated. We changed plans and traversed over into the ascent route to Little Odaray, which was pleasant and the steeper rock scrambling to get to the ridge was largely dry.
 
Cheers,  
 
Jorg Wilz
 
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