Region: America - North & Central

Paul Ramsden with Rich Cross (September-October 2005)

It is well known that the weather can have a major effect on mountain areas. Hence this team was unable to land on the Buckskin Glacier due to poor surface conditions (un-bridged crevasses covered by powder snow) and even though they managed to land on the Upper Ruth Glacier were unable to make any progress towards climbing either of their objectives - the NE Face of Bear Tooth (3069m) and the N Buttress of Mooses Tooth (3156m). The rock on both peaks was also covered with powder snow with no ice, this causing dangerous avalanche conditions. The moral - don't go to Alaska in Autumn after a record dry Summer!