[MCR] East Ridge of Mt Temple, Sept 18, 2009

We had a nice day out on the East Ridge of Mt Temple today. 

 

It was cloudy for much of the day, then sunny in the afternoon.  Temperatures stayed fairly warm last night so there was no new snow on the rock and less than 1cm of new snow on the glacier.  Some moist rock through the black towers due to the clouds around the peak but the route is generally dry throughout.  Our biggest concern was previous windblown snow covering crevasses on the glacier.  We did a fair bit of probing and belayed across a couple of suspect snow bridges along the way.

 

The SW face trail is all dry, and the larches are turning yellow quickly which made for a very scenic hike down!
 

Cheers, Conrad Janzen
IFMGA Mountain Guide
www.conradjanzenguiding.com

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