Day 10 – Sept 9 – Up alongside the glacier

Today we began our route up the south side of the glacier.

We actually spent very little of this first day on the glacier, because the trail climbed the lateral moraine on its side. In many ways, we would have preferred the glacier, because the trail climbed through numerous slopes of unstable rocks. One difficult stretch almost defeated Marcia and it ran a greater risk of rockfalls than I like to take. I asked our guide to find a safer way on the return back down to the valley.


We did cross one stretch of glacier where a smaller glacier came in from the side. In many ways it was easier than hiking on the moraine, although we had to take several ups and downs to avoid places where the ice was unstable.


Our camp was in a flat area missed by the glacier's incessant scouring. Unfortunately, even after six hours of difficult hiking, we had not made it as far as we had originally planned. And with the weather increasingly bad, it seems we have just used up our spare day.

It was snowing lightly as we went to bed. We hope that will not set us back further in the morning.

Leave a Reply