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Hey !

I am planning a climbing trip in BC around mid august. I want to climb snow/ice north faces in garibaldi park. The route i want to climb the most are

mount fissile NW face
mount fitzsimmons N face
mount wedge NE face
mount weart N face
Joffre couloir or central couloir

Any of you guys have climb those mountains/routes ?
any helpfull data ? what are the usual avy conditions at this time of year on garibaldi park north faces ? beacon/probe needed ?
rock pro needed ? what the glaciers looks lik ? bare, collapsed snow bridge, wide open shrund ? any info would help !!

thanks and climb safe !!

Sorry, lelf! The latest I have been in that area is June (did Garibladi in June one year). Lots of really crumbly rock!!! I have done stuff in the Tantalus Range in July/Aug and that was fine. I don't expect there to be much avalanche risk at that time of year. Unfortunately I can't speak to glacier conditions where you want to go in August. You may want to check the BCMC forum and see if someone there has more beta: http://bcmc.ca/forum/