[MCR] Rockies, Lake O'Hara area june 1st to 3rd.

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

Things are improving around O'Hara. Decent hiking up to around 2400m and Oesa, Opabin and Wiwaxy are doable with gaiters. All Souls and the Huber ledges trail would be mountaineering with lots of the inherent hazards thereof.(You falling, but especially things falling on you) 

Climbed Schaeffer twice today and it is mostly snow free with a good bum slide remaining down Schaeffer bowl. Cathedral mtn and Grassi Ridge should be in great shape. 

Lefroy, Glacier and Huber should be good with a decent freeze. I am guessing Victoria SE ridge would likely be "adventurous" due to big cornices and some "sporty" horizontal snow walking. Walking up to Abbott Pass in the heat of the day or the rain would be a poor idea to commit heavily too.

Odaray would be climbable but the summit tower would probably have a pitch of some scratchy, slabby mixed climbing. On Little Odoray(Feuz pk), the snow will most often suck on the bit of climbing there for a few more days at least.

Hungabee and Biddle? You gotta be kidding. Death on a stick for at LEAST a couple more weeks.

Buses are running and except for the rocks and the small wet slides it is pretty quite in the alpine.

Larry Stanier
ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide
laristan at telusnet