Afternoon all
First time posting here, so apologies for any faux pas.
Thinking that there was no chance I'd be getting away to the alps this year I've not even bothered looking at what the conditions through the summer have been like - they were irrelevant! I'm now perhaps in a position to go away sometime this October and in an ideal world would get some alpine action in. I've never been out at that time of year before but understand that I could be looking at S facing rock (but perhaps only until the first snow falls, after which wetness/verglas might be an issue); or alternatively, I could be looking at higher mixed routes if the summer has been appropriately wet/snowy; or, as would be typical for me, I could just be sitting in the rain of course...
So, what have the eyes and ears on the ground this summer got to report back? Has it been a wet/dry/hot/cool/snowy summer? What's the pattern been like? What are people's best guesses as to what might be in decent condition in a month or so's time?
Thanks.