[MCR] Dome Traverse

Hi Everyone,

I attempted the Dome Traverse with a guest this morning starting from the north on Abbot, getting as far as Afton.  We turned around on Afton due rain overnight (7mm at Fidelity) causing slick lichen/quartzite conditions that made footing insecure and movement slow.  

Surprisingly little rockfall observed or heard all day.

We had Larry Stanier level optimism that the sun would come out and the wind would blow the rock dry, but it did not.  Home we came.

The freezing levels stayed high overnight, no new snow observed from the Abbott ridge looking towards Mt. Sir Donald and not even skiff on the north side of Mt. Bonney.  

On the plus side, the forecast cooler & wetter weather this week may help bring the snow & ice faces to come back around.  As is the same in many of the other ranges, the glaciers in the Roger's Pass are exceptionally dry this summer.

Enjoy,

Paddy Jerome

ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide 

106 - 1080 A Cougar Creek Drive

Canmore, Alberta T1W 1A4
www.canadianrockies-mountainguides.com
(C) 403 609 0795

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