Cirque Peak

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny, warm

Ride Type

alpineSlopes

Stayed Away

sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

crusty, wet, hard

Not great snow conditions, but fun day to walk up a rocky ridge and rappel into a north facing couloir (35m). Very large cornices kept us traversing far away from slide paths. Highlights weren’t in the riding conditions, however on south facing slopes we did observe: two white-tailed ptarmigans, a spruce grouse, a hairy woodpecker, countless lynx tracks, and fresh grizzly bear tracks. We didn’t have bear spray in the group, and changed drainages to ascend upon observation of the Grizzly tracks.