[MCR] Rockies - Ghost Wilderness - Sorcerer

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

Fellow guide Jesse Petersen and I climbed The Sorcerer today. It felt cold in the Ghost this morning. The first pitches were dry and brittle. Above, the steeper pitches were quite wet with new chandelier. Protection on these was reasonable but not abundant. While standing at the top belay an ice dam released and soaked the climb 1 metre to the left of our line. I recommend the Goretex and extra gloves if you are headed here in the near future.

We chose to park 500m before the 37km marker because we were a solitary 4wd and there 5cm of new breakable ice covering the crossing (about 50cm deep). Driving up to here was good. We walked the vehicle tracks from there and had to cross the open river twice (up to boot top water). There are 5-10cm of snow on the approach. The Johnson Lakes are frozen.

Brent Peters
Alpine Guide
PeakStratagem.com

From the approach drainage. 
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Leaving the cave belay for P4. 

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