it has been kinda sucky warm in downtown most of this week but i do not doubt that colder north facing things such as red wall wanderers are still in...
anybody going up? still waffling about it myself.
In the new provincial budget it was annnounced that purchasers of "Beacons, probes, gas-powered inflatable avalanche airbag systems" etc. will no longer be required to pay provincial sales tax (7.5%) in BC
Some large icefall climbs like the Coleman Headwall are only doable early season. How many August or September ascents of routes like the Coleman Headwall or Klicitat Icefall do you hear about? I've seen photos of the headwall in late season and it looked SCARY.
actually there can be really good hard* ice on the coleman headwall in late sept or oct. and its much easier to get to than the n ridge at that time of year.
*Hard in character - as in water ice not neve - not hard in grade like WI5+R