Whirlwind Peak

Quick report

Weather

sunny, windy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, sunnySlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

crusty, hard, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSound

Snow S-SE of K&C hut mostly wind slab/scoured. Fast travel to below Fissile-Whirlwind col. Most of the ascent up Whirlwind was hard unbreakable crust with pockets of breakable crust. Ski crampons very valuable if you want to ascend Whirlwind without bootpacking a large portion of it. Ski down on unbreakable crust was chalky and mostly enjoyable until you'd hit a pocket of breakable crust. Numerous slab avalanches visible on steep slopes of southern aspects of Fissile.