Wholly Sastrugi

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny, warm

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, mellowSlopes, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

terrible

Snow Conditions

hard, wet, windAffected

South Ridge of Mt. Andromeda. The Athabasca Glacier ramp detour route is in excellent shape, with 2–3 m snow depths. Skiing down the south ridge requires a mouthguard and strong knees—the sastrugi game is real. Anything below 2400 m on the ramp turned into nice, soft spring snow by the afternoon. We did not observe any recent avalanche activity; however, there was fresh-looking serac debris on the ramp below the frequent flyer.