Columbia Icefields, Alberta - 9/10/2000

Mark Renson

New member
I did NOT ski and that was a shame because the conditions were there .... <BR>We tried to bag Athabasca and postholed up to our thighs and had to turn back 1,500 feet below the summit - fantastic powder and I wished we had our boards 'cuz it would have been epic on the North Glacier; I led the descent through untracked powder in my plastic boots and could feel the floating sensation for a moment under me, especially once past the bergschrund and the crevasse immediately after. From the Icefields Parkway, we saw tracks on the nearby Parker Ridge.
 
Oh ! .... and here's a picture ... <BR> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.firsttracksonline.com/discus2/messages/9/588.jpg" ALT="Columbia Icefields and yours, truly">
 
Lookin' good, Mr. Renson ... but I can't believe that you, of all people, didn't bring the planks, JIC!
 
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