John Kelson and I climbed the Right Hand Falls in Glacier Gulch today.
After plus 7 degrees and heavy rain on Sunday, temperatures have dropped
to a more congenial -9. The ice is still a bit thin in places and there
is a lot of water running, but it's climbable at a comfortable grade III
with little fear of avalanches. The right hand variant is thin, wet and
has a lot of daggers. The other lines are almost there.
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Christoph Dietzfelbinger
IFMGA/ UIAGM Mountain Guide - Bear Mountaineering and the Burnie Glacier Chalet
Box 4222 Smithers, B.C. V0J 2N0 Canada
tel. 250-847-3351/ fax 250-847-2854
info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.bearmountaineering.ca
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