I guided a wintery ascent today of Boundary Peak via the Little Athabasca
Glacier on an Intro to Mountaineering Course for Mountain Skills Academy.
At 0730h in the parking lot this morning there was 1cm new snow at a
temperature of -2C; 5cm upon our return and -8C at 1530h.
The ice slope at the toe of the glacier had just enough supportive snow to
provide confident boot steps. Above we found variable snow depth averaging 50cm
but over 1m in some zones. We found supportive bridges over crevasses along our
route to the N couloir. We found a supportive snow pack with up to 15cm of new
snow in the couloir.
We descended snow covered scree and talus down the normal north slopes descent.
Brent Peters
Alpine Guide
Looking down at A2 and the Boundary Glacier from Boundary Peak.
Looking back at the toe of the Little Athabasca Glacier from the descent trail
on Boundary Peak.
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