[MCR] Assiniboine Conditions

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

At Assiniboine from July 28-30. Thundershowery conditions however they did
not hamper activities much and were restricted to the later afternoon.
Climbed the NE ridge on July 30. Quite dry to the grey bands particularly if
you stay to the easterly side of the ridge. Thru the grey and red bands
there are patches of snow and some ice runnels that are avoidable and
shrinking fast in the warm weather, but do make the climbing a bit trickier
than usual. The ridge above the red bands is mostly dry. The summit ridge is
snow-covered with large cornices which are just starting to cleave and
require a large margin. We did not use crampons on the climb. Of note: I
hand pulled and re-placed several pitons on the fixed stations so beware -
otherwise most of the fixed "tat" is reasonable with either quicklinks or
biners on them. The Gmoser Highway has one snowpatch which requires climbing
for 20m near the start otherwise it is dry. The Hind Hut is quite clean and
in good shape - thanks to the Renner Family.

 

Happy Camping

 

James Blench

 

 

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