Ice - N.Ghost

<p>**Driving has its challenges. TransAlta road a little slippery in the morning but better grip leaving. Watch for morning sliding. Around the 10km mark on the TA rd has fairly deep drifting but a bypass on the right is easier. Stumpland bypass is advisable as you get further in too. Valley bottom also has drifted sections and the Ice Maze starts shortly after #37 for Blackrock. Wully Crossing is easy if you use the downstream ice bridge but has big ice shelves on the upstream side. #39 is normal. #40 needs a careful look before picking your line. **GBU area in good shape. Hero swings. Not sure on screw quality on the left side. One of our group tried the mixed line DSB but found the ice transition had soaking wet ice on his right and big unstable ice on his left so he opted to bail. **Indifferent is good climbing but tricky. The crux in the middle has soaking wet ice and is largely unconsolidated without smashing away the nee ice which would leave you trying to climb in a shower regretting you dont have a good waterproof layer. That leaves you using a skinny pillar on the left. Poor or no pro for the crux but good screws both before and after. NOTE: there is no good fixed anchor at the top. The old mank single bolt and the pin has had the tat removed from it. Perhaps there is a better anchor buried in the ice. The cave is low and I left a v-thread. **Angel Eyes doesnt look inviting. Lower ice looks sun affected, above that is a gap, and the upper ice looks like a thin curtain.</p>

Weather Report

<p>Cool start, warming up as the sun came around. Clouded over into mid afternoon at which point winds picked up and temps dropped.</p>

Weather Conditions

Sunny, Warm, Windy.