Grassy Mountain Ascent

Quick report

Weather

warm, foggy, cloudy, stormy, wet

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

wet, heavy

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp

Planned Grassy to Steed hut. Ascending climber's right side of ridge up to subpeak of Grassy Mtn, loud deep whumphing on 30 degree slope. No cracks/slabs visible. 10cm fresh heavy wet snow overnight, with 30-40cm snow over 48h prior. Warm weather -1 degree. Unavoidable slope angle so turned around and descended.