Conditions for climbing are currently excellent on Mururata and surrounding peaks on their western aspects. Snow is frozen from 4900m to 5800m untill midday when it softens perfectly for ski descent.

On the lower Mururata Glacier

Mid section of Mururata Glacier

By 12.30 cloud from the Yungas is starting to cover most of the peaks with some light snow falling mid afternoon.

On the 18th a bit more snow will have fallen as a late afternoon storm hit parts of the cordillera.

There hasn’t been a huge amount of snow in the hills for a while until last week when 10cm fell at 4800m, 15cm at 5000m and 20cm at 5500m. This new snow has bonded pretty well with older snow under it as after the storm that dumped it we had a couple fine sunny days. There will be a fair amount of point release activity on steep solar aspects for the next few days.

Huayna Potosi from Charquini 8 March

As can be seen from the above pic most of the snow has melted from eastern aspects to just under 5000m after 1 sunny day.

Closer view of the conditions on the SE side of Huayna Potosi

Weather wise, conditions have been slowly improving with most mornings fine with the afternoons having a chance of cloud. Temperatures have been mild so it is fairly warm even up high by mid morning.