7.3 km to summit
12.2 km total
2,110 m start
3,355 m gain
6 hr 0 min to summit
8 hr 40 min total
My first 11,000er! Led by Alex Joseph and friends. Erich MacKenzie, Monica Hardy, Robert Maybury, Robert Herbst, and Babette Nijssen
Beauty of a day. Woke at 2:30 in parking lot and were off about 3:30am ... 9 hours out and back.
Email notes from Alex Joseph:
Bring it all:SkisSki cramponsBoot crampons
Recap:Weather still showing zero precip and cold overnight freeze https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/forecast/multimodel/athabasca-glacier_canada_5887918?fcstlength=144Plan is to sleep in parking lot on north side of highway where the hotel is
Plan is to arrive there this evening 9pm ishPlan to wake up 2:30am? and be walking by 3am?
Plan is to go up and avoid the seracs by going climbers left through the icefall, up the ramp, and then turning left to Andromeda S RidgeBring avy gear (to parking lot at least), glacier crevasse rescue gear, ice axe, ice screw, boot crampons, ski crampons (if you have them), headlamp, helmet, sunscreen, sunglassesPlan for 8-11 hour ascent and returnReading:
https://stevensong.com/canadian-rockies/icefield-parkway/mount-andromeda/ https://www.explor8ion.com/2016/04/17/andromeda-mount/
http://www.peakstratagem.com/mount-andromeda https://www.summitpost.org/south-ridge/165472