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Here is a picture to support the Mountain
Conditions Summary from earlier this week suggesting that it is possible
to find avalanches out there right now. This is a Size 2 Avalanche
observed yesterday from the highway below Mt McDonald. Winds were
gusting up to 80km/hr from the south at treeline yesterday morning. The
Fidelity Weather Station at 1900m has about 50cm of snow on the ground
with about 5cm at the highway. If you have to go (and people are
going), expect heavy snow in places, some wind affected snow up higher,
and obviously bony conditions. Best to avoid glacier travel until
you have good visibility and a strong rope team as the warm summers have
created very challenging travel through crevasses in places where they
wouldn't normally exist, particularly on the Illecillewaet.
Take care, Lydia Marmont Visitor Safety Glacier National Park
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