Climbing Conditions

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North ridge of Mt Cline

Mt Cline, David Thompson Country, Rockies

Climbing Conditions

We climbed the North ridge of Mt Cline this morning. We had a good freeze overnight above our 2800 m camp. The snow had a 5-10 cm supportive crust with isothermal snow underneath. The route is in good shape with a mix of snow/ ice in the two WI2 gullies. We didn't see any natural rockfall, but had an early start to mitigate this hazard and were on the summit by 8am.

The rock sections of the ridge are dry and the cornices have melted back enough that it is easy to avoid them.

There are many snow patches on the descent down the SW ridge which are nice on the knees.

Beauty morning up there and great early summer conditions!

Ian Jackson & Aaron Beardmore
ACMG Mountain Guides
Visitor Safety - Banff, Yoho & Kootenay National Parks

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