Unnamed summit NE of Fraser
Quick reportJasmin Dobson ยท Mar 5, 2017
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, windy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Terrible
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, hard, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionSlab
Climbed the small summit NE of Feather Peak. Strong North winds all day. Variable snow conditions on the upper snowpack -- icy at the top of the summit, hard snow on the north slopes, punchy windslab (about 5 cms thick), hard snow on East and SE aspects, some areas had 15 cms of wind deposited soft snow over a hard layer (that I couldn't get my ski pole thought) . Feather bowl looked very wind scoured. Below Feather notch the ski and sled tracks were exposed from the wind (see photo). We triggered a small avalanche coming off the summit -- see other post for photos and information. One whumpf below treeline skiing near the lake.