Hola amigos,
Up at Haffner for the day today. -23* when we left the parking lot at 930hrs. this morning and didn't really warm up much past -20* through the rest of the day.
We stuck to only the two biggest flows at the main area, the farthest left and farthest right sides. We heard plenty of very audible creaking groaning and settling coming from ALL the ice up there consistently all day long, really suprised nothing came down over the course of the day.
There's two big curtain type features between the lines on far left and right that have just touched down, I felt pretty uncomfortable just being around them, and definitley didn't want to even think about swinging a tool into them. Scary.
If your heading out tool swinging over the weekend might be worth keeping an eye on those temps. and definitley a keen eye out for anything that might be hanging overhead.
Play safe, and have fun!
Mike Trehearne
ACMG Assistant Alpine Guide.
E-Mail: m_trehearne@xxxxxxxxxxx
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