[MCR] Glacier Gulch ice (Bulkley Valley)

Subject: [MCR] Glacier Gulch ice (Bulkley Valley)
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:54:55 -0800
Lucas Holtzman and I climbed an unnamed line in the trees on the climber's right side of Glacier Gulch. The main falls are in and look great, but we did not go underneath the 1800 vertical metres of shallow cold wind affected snow above them. There was no evidence of recent avalanche activity. It was -11 all day and the ice fairly brittle, but thick. We recommend to leave avalanche exposed terrain of the scale to be found in Glacier Gulch alone for now. There is a lot of good ice without that.

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Christoph Dietzfelbinger
IFMGA/ UIAGM Mountain Guide - Bear Mountaineering and the Burnie Glacier Chalet
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