Climbed all three Guinness routes today with an early start and a fast guest.
The first pitch of Guinness Gully won't last much longer, there was water running behind the ice in spots and screws seemed kind of pointless. There were also some signs of recent rockfall, wouldn't have wanted to be there any later in the day.
The rest of the climb was in good shape, and Guinness Stout & High Test were both fat and plastic. The descent gully was fairly easy going, although it's getting a bit icy in spots.
J. Mills
ACMG Alpine Guide
www.cdnalpine.com
Live connected with Messenger on your phone Learn more.
Search MCR
Saturday, March 27, 2010
MCR Archive
-
▼
2010
(593)
-
▼
March
(70)
- [MCR] Rockies, Crowfoot Pass
- [MCR] Simpson Pass/Healy Pass
- [MCR] Selkirk Mountains, Goat Range, west of Kaslo
- [MCR] Wapta Traverse March 25-29
- [MCR] Selkirks and Rockies
- [MCR] Bow Summit
- [MCR] Rockies - Guinness Gully, Stout & HighTest
- [MCR] Rogers Pass / Illecilleweat Glacier - March 25
- [MCR] Kananaskis / Burstall Drainage
- [MCR] Selkirk Mountains, Goat Range, near Kaslo
- [MCR] Rockies - Mt. Fable S. Ridge
- [MCR] PWL followup
- [MCR] another persistent weak layer winter
- [MCR] South Coast Range ~ Overlord Glacier
- [MCR] Monashee Mountains, West of the Perry River,...
- [MCR] Haffner Creek and Icefields Parkway Ice Cond...
- [MCR] Carlsberg Column, Yoho National Park, Canadi...
- [MCR] Icefields Pkwy: Crowfoot Glades
- [MCR] Rockies, Wapta Traverse, March 16-21
- [MCR] Rogers Pass: Dome / Lilly Loop
- [MCR] Stanley Headwall Avalanche Conditions
- [MCR] Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, March 13-20...
- [MCR] Goldstream / Adamant Ranges
- [MCR] South Coast Range ~ Mt. Pattison
- [MCR] Rockies: Balfour High Col
- [MCR] Boom lake neighbourhood
- [MCR] South Coast Range ~ Musical Bumps to Adit Creek
- [MCR] Wapta Icefields
- [MCR] Cline River Gallery, David Thompson Hwy.
- [MCR] Rockies, Guiness Gully and Guiness Stout
- [MCR] The Good Bad and Ugly-Ghost valley
- [MCR] Coire Dubh Integrale, Loder Peak Front range...
- [MCR] avalanche control Monday Icefields parkway, ...
- [MCR] Conditions in Southern Purcells
- [MCR] Bow Hut/Wapta
- [MCR] Selkirks / Whitewater Backcountry
- [MCR] Rockies, Coire Dubh Integral
- [MCR] Cougar-Evens Thomas
- [MCR] Curtain Call - Icefields Parkway
- [MCR] Northern Valhallas - 'Hare' Trigger Conditions
- [MCR] avalanche Mt Rundle
- [MCR] Ice fields parkway
- [MCR] Selkirk Mountains, Whitewater ski area
- [MCR] Bow-Mistaya Mar 8-10
- [MCR] Jasper National Park, The Andromeda Strain
- [MCR] ongoing avalanche problems in BC interior, S...
- [MCR] Louise Falls
- [MCR] Haffner Creek, KNP & The Professor Falls, BNP
- [MCR] Coire Dubh ice
- [MCR] Spray River Falls, Banff National Park
- [MCR] Wapta Traverse
- [MCR] Nemesis, Kootenay National Park
- [MCR] Mt. Yamnuska: Grillmair Chimneys
- [MCR] Northern Purcells: Purcell Lodge
- [MCR] South Coast Fissile Mt
- [MCR] South Coast Range ~ Overseer Mountain
- [MCR] Hydrophobia, Ghost River Valley
- [MCR] South Coast Range ~ North of Whistler
- [MCR] Nemesis, Stanley Headwall, KNP
- [MCR] Coire Duhb area descents
- [MCR] Loop Brook
- [MCR] Observation Sub Peak, Banff National Park
- [MCR] Spray River Falls
- [MCR] Rogers Pass/South Chilcotins
- [MCR] interior condiotions, Monashees
- [MCR] Tricky conditions in BC interior
- [MCR] South Coast Range ~ Spearhead Gl. area
- [MCR] Evan Thomas Ice
- [MCR] Super Bock, Field, BC
- [MCR] Solar affect on the ice.
-
▼
March
(70)