Cirque Peak North couloir

<p>Went up Cirque Peak today and dropped into the North couloir. Significant and bone chilling wumpfing on SE aspect in the cirque bowl as we come up from Num Ti Jah. Traverse was low angle so didn’t pose huge problems. You can skin up except for last 120m before switching to bootpacking. North couloir requires a 30m rap and some additional down climbing before hitting decent snow. Snow was heating up significantly as we made our way back down the glacier. Great thanks to our amazing guide Jeff Bullock without whom we would’ve pulled the pin way before getting to the summit. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Sunny slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

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

Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.

Snow Conditions

Wet, Deep powder.

Weather Conditions

Warm.