Chickadee Valley S Facing Paths

<p>Skied the Whymper circuit descending the N Glacier route. Challenging trailbreaking in the trees with a pleasant mix of facets, breakable suncrust, bulletproof wind packed snow through the trees. Once in the alpine basin, snow was mostly hard packed or a thin wind crust over facets. Came across a few old thin windslabs, unreactive. No evidence of sun affecting the surface on the south slope to col. No snow shed from rock features or sunny slopes. Ski crampons were a must. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Convex slopes, Steep slopes.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Hard, Wind affected, Powder.

Weather Conditions

Sunny.