Climbed Moonlight and Snowline today (Dec 17) in Evan-Thomas Creek in
Kananaskis Country. It was a mild day with the temperature hovering
around zero making for pleasant ice conditions. The bottom 10 meters
of both routes are thin (10cm screws can protect it) but they quickly
thicken up to accept 13cm screws and even 16cm screws by the 20m
height. Both have seen much traffic already thus nicely track-set with
good hooks and steps. The upper sections both offer wet plastic blue
ice.
2 Low 4 Zero is in its usual thin shape but it looks to have been
climbed recently (bring lots of stubby screws and maybe even a few
pins). Chantilly Falls looks blue and wet; however, the last step
hasn't fully filled out yet and looks a little bit too pillar-like to
be called WI2.
Sean Isaac
Assistant Alpine Guide
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