Shades of Beauty Area
Quick reportethan_woodside · Nov 27, 2023 · Icefields
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Climb Name
- Shades of Beauty & Rick Blak Memorial Route
- Ice Quality
- good
Shades of Beauty: In good shape overall, P2 (steepest pitch) had more brittle ice and required heavy cleaning and felt more like WI4+ in current conditions. Rick Blak: Climbed well but felt very delicate, stubbies needed and not much significant protection for the first 10m. Stanley Falls: We didn't climb it but there is ice top to bottom but looks to be in challenging condition.
Snowpack
- Obs Type
- summary
- Site Aspect
- N
- Site Elevation Band
- btl, tln
- Surface Conditions
- surfaceHoar
Variable snow depths from trailhead to base of climbs (5-15cm). Large surface hoar development along all areas travelled, including open slopes below the climb.