[MCR] Jasper ice Nov 19th, 20th.

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

Climbed Kerkeslin Falls on Saturday and Shades of Beauty on sunday. 

Kerkeslin was a little bit thin but very climbable on plastic ice. The main falls can be rappelled on a single 70m rope from the fixed anchors. 

Shades of Beauty was fat and brittle on the first 2 pitches. Plastic fantastic on the last pitch.

Easy walking on both approaches and no avalanche concerns at present. Biggest hazard was probably the poor ice cover in the creeks.

Athabasca/ Columbia Icefields area looked seriously wind ravaged last night.

Larry Stanier
ACMG Mountain Guide