Athabasca Glacier Access Conditions Report

Jasper Visitor Safety Team walked up the Athabasca glacier as far as the first icefall. Height of snow (HS) was an average of 90-165 on the glacier with large sections of bare ice in more wind exposed areas. The lookers left route up the lower icefalls of the Athabasca looks thin with minimal bridging across the crevasses. The main ramp at the top is also narrower than usual for the time of the year. We observed a few older ski tracks coming out from the Columbia Icefields on the lookers right of the glacier underneath the serac wall.