Sub Observation Peak

<p>Went up through the creek (instead of climbers right) which worked well due to the thick snowpack BTL. It’s another story in the alpine: all the snow has been blown off to SK! Went up via the Sub Peak - Cirque pass, had to take skis off for 100m over the broad NE ridge before the glacier (glacier is receding fast OMG). We were careful avoiding steep slopes where the hard wind crust turned into a thicker slab sitting on low density snow. No whumpfing/cracking observed. Ski crampons would have been useful. We opted to drop into the SE bowl which skied ok then open trees at TL were decent. A recent Size 2 slab had released near 2500m into the bowl just below the heavily corniced SE ridge on steep wind loaded slopes.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Convex slopes, Steep slopes.

Snow Conditions

Hard, Powder, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Sunny, Windy.