Changing Conditions on Whymper

<p>Had a great day summiting Whymper Via the North Glacier route with excellent snow conditions for ascent, and extremely good snow on descent.Things were firm in the shade, but anywhere the sun touched was quickly deteriorating with size 1-3 avalanches observed on nearly all steep sun affected aspects by the afternoon. We triggered a small size 1 on the final pitch before Chickadee valley where the sun had a chance to get it's claws into the slope.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Convex slopes, Steep slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Sunny slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.

Snow Conditions

Deep powder, Wind affected, Powder.

Weather Conditions

Cold, Warm, Sunny.