[MCR] Icefields Parkway, Castle Hut approach

Perfect conditions up at the Icefields the past few days with cold
overnight temps, clear skies and excellent crusts. Coverage is still
pretty good too. With a very early start we approached A2 via Boundary
Gl today and found bridges opening up so ended up nipping by on the
hard right briefly below Boundary Peak's rubbly E face (potential
rockfall hazard). A single rockfall event observed off the E face of
Athabasca's NE Ridge around 08:00, otherwise everything was holding
together well throughout the morning.

A few days ago we hiked up to Castle Hut en route to climb Eisenhower
Tower (which is in great condition). The first gully past/above the
lookout has washed out the trail badly, and the best way across now
seems to be to climb a little higher (in the gully) than before. A
well beaten trail continues to rise straight up from there (but goes
in the wrong direction) -- instead, drop a bit on a fainter trail
(small cairn) to regain the correct route to the "diagonal break".

Regards,

Tom Wolfe
Mountain Guide ACMG/IFMGA
www.sawback.com
Canmore, Alberta
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