We did a 4 day Bow to Peyto trip for On Top Mountain Guides, climbing Mt Gordon and Thompson on our trip.
For Gordon we had a good overnight freeze, great travel conditions. Some sags are beginning to show going up towards the nunatak/scoop, and we hit patches of knee deep isothermal snow coming back at noon.
Going to Peyto next day, no overnight freeze, sloppy snow boottop to knee deep all the way, except for patches of bare ice. Stick close to the Onion, more bare ice there. Coming over the Thompson col, we went out left and between the new rock ribs to avoid emerging rock bands below.
Of note, we observed significant rockfall off Vulture headwall to the right of serac/cave, with large blocks coming within 100m of the trail.
Coming off Peyto glacier, the transition spot to get on the morraine was bombed far and wide by many large, fresh square blocks that were not there last week.
There was still snow in the descent gully, very muddy and lots of water, l lowered guests through that.
Creeks were high, guests struggled with fast, powerful flow, and we crossed just above the narrows where the creek forces you on the left bank. The left trail through the narrows seemed washed out, we started on it but turned back after 50m or so.
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