Cascade Falls - Not great

Quick report

TLesh · Jan 22, 2026 · Banff

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Quick report

Weather
cold, warm, wet
Climb Name
Cascade Falls
Ice Quality
terrible
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp
Retreated From Climb Because Of
inversionConditions, poorIceConditions

Went up Cascade this morning. About -20 Celsius at the car. Got warmer as we went up higher (-5 Celsius?). The ice quality got worse as we got higher up. When we got to the last pitch, it was consistently dropping ice up to human sized so we opted to not climb it.