Mount Wheaton in the wind

Quick report

Drew Nylen · Mar 1, 2021 · Wheaton

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Quick report

Ride Type
alpineSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes
Stayed Away
convexSlopes
Riding Quality
Amazing
Snow Conditions
heavy, powder, windAffected
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow

Nice walk up mount Wheaton today, with broken skies in the morning, around 12 the wind started picking up, into the strong range at ridge top. New windslabs were developing as we boot packed and scrambled on the ridge. Used a belay protected ski cut to enter steep terrain and got multiple windslabs to go to size 1.5 Skiing was heavy but very good. Snow depth in sheltered areas was 150cm

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