[MCR] Dome Traverse

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

Hi Everyone,

I attempted the Dome Traverse with a guest this morning starting from the
north on Abbot, getting as far as Afton.  We turned around on Afton due
rain overnight (7mm at Fidelity) causing slick lichen/quartzite conditions
that made footing insecure and movement slow.

Surprisingly little rockfall observed or heard all day.

We had Larry Stanier level optimism that the sun would come out and the
wind would blow the rock dry, but it did not.  Home we came.

The freezing levels stayed high overnight, no new snow observed from the
Abbott ridge looking towards Mt. Sir Donald and not even skiff on the north
side of Mt. Bonney.

On the plus side, the forecast cooler & wetter weather this week may help
bring the snow & ice faces to come back around.  As is the same in many of
the other ranges, the glaciers in the Roger's Pass are exceptionally dry
this summer.

Enjoy,

Paddy Jerome
ACMG/IFMGA Mountain Guide
106 - 1080 A Cougar Creek Drive
Canmore, Alberta T1W 1A4
www.canadianrockies-mountainguides.com
(C) 403 609 0795
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