[MCR] Rockies, Lake Louise Area, Louise Falls WI4.

Old news, but likely still relevant.

Thought it worth mentioning that if your headed out to Louise Falls anytime soon, might be wise to stick to the lake shore trail on the approach and return. We tried to short cut across the lake but the heaves in the ice have flooded a huge section of the middle of the lake leaving at least 15 to 20 cm’s of slushy nastiness that tried to fill our boots at every step. Couldn’t seem to escape!

 

We only played around on the 1^st pitch top-roping under the protection of the big roof on the climbers right, out of the small cave. Brittle but fun. Left side was the usual wet line to the cave. Lot’s of hangfire/daggars on the right side, but looked pretty reasonable up the climbers left to get to the cave. The pillar looked pretty beat/hooked out (as usual) from what we could see from the bottom. Looked like the difficulties would be pretty short lived

 

Hope it saves a few people the soakers that we got!

 

Have fun out there!

 

Mike.

 

Mike Trehearne

ACMG Assistant Alpine Guide

www.yamnuska.com

m_trehearne@xxxxxxxxxxx

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