King Creek - ice

**Approach was ok but icy in spots. -1c at 7am gave supportive snow going in but increased post holing leaving. Some creek hopping needed. **South facing avalanche gullies were mostly snow free. North facing avalanche gullies had snow and lots of avalanche debris in them. **Magic touch not good. **Curse of the Bambinos had significant avalanche debris below it, a rarity. Class2. **Main Flow looked ok but bleached. **Right Cave Flow not in. **Left Cave Flow had some surface bleaching but good ice below any bleaching and protected well. Excellent ice for the first timer I had with me and several others in a group. **Gully Flow looked in good shape. Bleaching looked minimal probably because of a little water flow freshening things up. **Left our friends and went climbing rock in the afternoon.