Down at the Columbia icefields again on Saturday and Sunday. Cold on
both days with -5 recorded Sunday morning at Jasper Park Boundary
parking lot. Climbed A2 via boundary glacier. Good conditions on
ascent and decent though slowly softening up by 1200 once at toe of
glacier again. Still well filled in but sags visible on ramp and above.
Lake still mostly frozen but no snow in the trees. Shrund on A2 still
well filled in. rock pitch is mostly dry, a few steps cut near top.
Some minor rockfall from cliffs above ramp where new water ice was
melting. Good to be early and fast. A good freeze is important.
Saturday on N glacier doing a rescue simulation and it was cold and
frozen all day with a bit of a blustery wind. Talked to a party who
skied up south ridge on Andromeda and they said good conditions going
up but softening quickly on descent. So it would seem southerly
aspects are getting solar affects even at upper elevations.
No new tracks visible on N glacier ramp.
Peter Amann
Jeremy Mackenzie
Cyril Shokoples
Peter Amann
Mountain Guide
pamann@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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