Dear Dr. Sold and co-authors,

Many thanks for providing us with your revised manuscript and a well-assembled rebuttal document which clearly outlined your revisions from the earlier submission. The manuscript was re-reviewed by one of the original referees. The referee considers the paper much improved and now only in need of a few minor revisions. Most of these are of a minor technical nature as listed, but of especial importance is his/her 1st comment. I concur with the referee's opinion that the impact of the paper can be improved by at least incorporating this point into the paper.

I now request you to make the few minor revisions suggested by the referee, and to return to me with the revised manuscript and a further rebuttal letter explaining where you have made changes or, if you have not, explaining why not.

I look forward to seeing your revised manuscript shortly.

Very best wishes,

Rob Bingham

Dear Dr. Sold and co-authors,

It is my pleasure now to accept your manuscript "Recent accumulation rates of an alpine glacier derived from firn cores and repeated helicopter-borne GPR."

I thank you for your most recent minor revisions which helped a lot to clarify the wider applicability of the method. I am now satisfied that, with this, and the few minor technical corrections, the paper is ready for publication.

More generally, thank you for submitting this interesting work to The Cryosphere.

Very best wishes,

Robert Bingham