Another unsettled weekend at the icefields. The 27th and 28th were
blustery and it looked like lots of wind at upper elevations.
Snow-line was down to about 7500ft yesterday, much of that melted off
since. Snow is sticking on old snow surfaces where the wind hasn't
blown it off.
Today, the 29th we ascended the boundary glacier to the Athabasca
col, up boundary peak and down the North Glacier. Very little change
in coverage with minimal melting over the last week. Took this shot
of a size 2 slide on the north glacier that was noted by Parks
yesterday. Good size crown. Winds have been loading this aspect.
Would certainly be suspect of similar terrain features.
Talking to parties on the AA col route said conditions were good.
Conditions stayed quite cool today with crusts intact. some post
holing where new snow insulated the old layers, and where the
snowpack is shallower than 60cm....otherwise "dust on crust"
Peter Amann MG
Matt Reynolds AAG/SG
pamann@xxxxxxxxxxxx
n glacier slab.jpg
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