Notes on travelling in the Blue Glacier area

The main body of the Blue provided excellent travel conditions with very few obvious crevasses. Good snow cover was encountered right down to below Granite Knolls.

In the upper area good access to near 1430±, north ridge of 1890±, and other outlying peaks. Reasonable access was gained up the true left of the Salient Glacier to a height of 1800 m.

Around Granite Knolls area excellent access to top of Descent Bass, near Bettle Peak and across to east ridge of the Pimple. Early in the season, reasonable vehicle access is also likely to Goat Mountain area. However, by January a river up to 20 m wide and 300 mm to 500 mm deep flows down the middle of the glacier below Granite Knolls and then heads left as it approaches Bowers Piedmont.