Ice -Ghost. THOS

<p>**Driving was reasonable. **Ice was a little lean in places. No open pools. Mostly dry ice. **The avi slopes on the left a third of the way up the canyon were holding some snow in places but the steeper slopes had sluffed off. Spindrift accumulations at the base of most steps still minimal. ** The CMC descent has a bootpack trail from 7 people today but watch for the occasional spur where we were looking for the best way down. New blowdown made routefinding a little tricky and we did a little saw work in occasional spots. Handline is still good. The final steep slope before reaching the approach trail had a whole bunch of new blowdown on the easier draw forcing a reroute that has some slippery slopes. I pinned several red reflective squares on trees to help identify the walk off but the old pink flgging tape is pretty faded and hard to spot at times. **There were a few spots on the descent where a hard crust was very noticeable. The crust was 2-3cm thick with 5-10cm of snow over it. It was hard to boot punch through making some slopes a boot slide.</p>

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Cold.