"Ian and I wrapped up a series of ACC ski trips for the winter 2019 season with a trip on the Columbia Icefield. We were joined by Brendan, Martin, Benjy who was visiting ze faterland, and Nick. Saturday, May 17: After a sleep in Rampart creak, we met Nick at the Columbia Icefield parking lot at 6 am and geared up. The skin up the Athabasca Glacier was pretty nice, and more importantly, uneventful. We decided to make a large swing to the left to avoid being under the seracs, and go through the icefall. Another group tried the same thing by the shorter bypass, and after punching through a crevasse went back to the serac route. We encoutered no difficulty, crossed one open crevasse (2 feet?) and one strong bridge. We then reached the ramp. This is where things went bad for me. I had been sick the week before, and thought this nonsense was done, but coughing fits hit me, which made the rest of the approach difficult for me, especially with the heavy pack (50ish pounds?). Combined with white out and snow rolling in, we set camp at ~2940 m in the first flat area south of snow dome that we reached (GR790796). Going in for a couple of extra kilometers would have been best, but I was no..." — apfelstrudel • May 19, 2019