Ice climb - Totem Pole

Climbed the Totem Pole today. We went here because the avalanche danger is 3x LOW, the air is cold and the sky was overcast which is the combination you want to climb here. This is huge avalanche terrain and any sun will effect the bowls above. Today was a good day, the snowpack was locked up tight and we did not see any new avalanche activity. A very large avalanche has run over the climb previously and the entire way was avalanche debris or scraped, hard snow from the avalanche passing through. This made for good travel on the snow between pitches, along with a trail from previous ascents.