[MCR] Castle Tower from Castle Hut

Subject: [MCR] Castle Tower from Castle Hut
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 07:37:44 -0600
Crossed 3 snowpatches traversing from the hut to the tower, the one between Castle Mountain and Castle Tower is the biggest -20 meters- all are firm mature summer snow. Used my light ice axe to cut some steps and if there was an overnight freeze I would have been using it much more.

Snowpatch in the gully halfway up the route was too hard to kick steps in yesterday so we climbed the rock on climbers left.

Happy trails

Barry Blanchard
Mountain Guide
Yamnuska Mountain Adventures