North Creek Cabin

Quick report

Weather

sunny

Ride Type

denseTrees, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, openTrees, alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

windAffected

Three days of skiing up at the North Creek Cabin, accessed via heli from Pemberton. We think we are the first party there since September. Summer folks had left the ladder under the hut, which took a lot of digging to locate and use to clear the chimney. Snow was very wind affected on all aspects from the north and south winds last Friday. Evidence of a widespread natural avalanche cycle several days previously, producing numerous wind slabs to size 3.5 on all aspects in the alpine. We observed no activity or signs of instability whilst there. Wind slabs were unreactive to our travel and we explored a variety of aspects. On Wednesday two of the group climbed Mt Sessel via the S ridge and skied the N glacier. A storm on Wednesday night and into Thursday morning brought 20-30cm HN and much better turns