Cirque Forepeak West Ridge

Quick report

Weather

warm, cloudy, windy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, alpineSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, convexSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

heavy, windAffected, wet, crusty, hard

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Warm wet and sticky snow from the car to ~2300m. Travel improved significantly on wind affected surfaces at tree line and above. Very strong gusts of wind out of the NE with significant snow transport in the alpine. Turned around at ridgeline due to wind. Ski down was mix of crusts, sastrugi, and dust on crust in the alpine, with soft snow at TL that got wetter as we descended.