Up at the Kain hut from July 11-15. Great travel conditions
on the Crescent, Vowel and Pigeon glaciers with penetration in the late pm only
to boot top despite no overnight freeze. All the routes of the Crescent Towers
area are dry; NE Ridge on Bugaboo has snow on the very bottom of the route but
otherwise dry (I suspect that the upper chimneys still hold snow); Kain route
is dry and in good shape. West facing Snowpatch Routes in good shape. W ridge
of Pigeon is dry to the small col between the 2nd and 3rd
summits. Snow from there to the summit; we did not use crampons but did take
ice axes. Bugaboo/Snowpatch col is in good shape with the schrunds just
starting to show with good footing and a nice line of steps up it. We had a
great day craging on the nice cracks of lower Applebee Dome.
Cheers
James Blench
UIAGM
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