[MCR] Glacier Gulch Ice

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

Fellow guide Lucas Holtzman and I climbed the Left Hand Falls in Glacier 
Gulch near Smithers today. All major lines are in. We stayed away from 
the right side of the valley as it's fairly warm aloft and we did not 
want to be underneath 1800 m of steep gullies in the sun. The Left Hand 
Falls are in good shape. It goes as grade 4 right now. We turned around 
just below the top as it got thin there. Everything below protected 
reasonably well, and the top probably needs just a few more days.

The Left of Left line has slid pretty big for its size. We did not check 
for debris on the right side.

It was -10 at the falls and we could just drive up to the parking lot in 
4 wheel drive trucks. I won't try that after the next snowfall.

-- 
Christoph Dietzfelbinger
IFMGA/ UIAGM Mountain Guide - Bear Mountaineering and the Burnie Glacier Chalet
CAA Professional Member
Box 4222	Smithers, B.C.		V0J 2N0	Canada
tel. 250-847-3351/ fax 250-847-2854
info at bearmountaineering.ca		www.bearmountaineering.ca