Spectacular and busy day on Mt Hector. Upwards of 30 people on the route but it
all seemed to work out.
Lower elevations are in good shape with a boot trail and a ski track through
the cliff bands. Still solid snow around 3pm. On a hot day these slopes could
still melt out and fail dramatically. Lots of ski tracks but still a fairly
weak facetted base in most places that could be scary if it got hot soon before
it gains more strength.
Glacier is in really good shape, nice fast shallow powder skiing for most of
it. The two steep rolls have some serious rhinoceros hide/wind crust that is
edgy even in ski crampons. We boot packed up the last big roll just to avoid
the edgy patches. Summit tower is in good shape-deep trench up the last slope.
Larry Stanier
ACMG Mountain Guide
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