Changing Conditions on Whymper
Quick reportjon · Mar 17, 2019 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, warm, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Stayed Away
- sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- Amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder, windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp
Had a great day summiting Whymper Via the North Glacier route with excellent snow conditions for ascent, and extremely good snow on descent.Things were firm in the shade, but anywhere the sun touched was quickly deteriorating with size 1-3 avalanches observed on nearly all steep sun affected aspects by the afternoon. We triggered a small size 1 on the final pitch before Chickadee valley where the sun had a chance to get it's claws into the slope.