[MCR] NE Ridge, Mt. Victoria N Summit, Lake Louise Group.

Subject: [MCR] NE Ridge, Mt. Victoria N Summit, Lake Louise Group.
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 12:15:21 -0600
Climbed the route from the Plain of Six Glaciers on July 3.

We left the parking lot at 0430 and found the snow to be softening fast enough on the steeper S facing terrain that we probably should have left 1 hr earlier. Lower angle parts of the glacier remained supportive until ~1330, while the steeper terrain leading up the the Victoria-Collier Col was softening by ~0930.

Although it is possible to climb to the V-C col entirely on snow at the moment, we climbed up one of the rock steps just to the left as the line of continuous snow has some loose scree melting at the top of it, which produced one rockfall. A few pieces of rock gear may be useful if you choose this option. Snow remained dry on the N facing aspects above the col. Near the rock step on the upper ridge, there is only 5 - 10cm of snow overlying ice.

Josh Briggs
ARG ASG


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