[MCR] Wapta Conditions

Subject: [MCR] Wapta Conditions
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 12:26:22 -0600
My fellow guide Patrick Delaney and I completed an Intro to Mountaineering 
Course out of the Bow Hut this past week. 

Conditions were mixed with precip most days and freezing levels near 2500m. 
Snow depth on the Wapta is currently 1.5-3m. Refreeze was limited save for 
yesterday AM when clear skies affording hard snow and excellent travel 
requiring crampons.

A few points of note.  Cornices are continuing to fail by solar triggering.  
Bare ice is already visible at the base of the Diableret Glacier. Large icefall 
was observed on the East Face of Mt. Balfour across the normal traverse route. 

Brent Peters
AAG
Yamnuska Inc.


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