Alexandra Tweak

A mountain as cool as Alexandra needs a couple ways to access it. Today we made the Oyster Main route work on our first attempt. It's not too bad! ..but the snow.. oh the snow. Just horrendous. We were greeted by bulletproof crust on arrival, worst in open areas. In spots you could push a shovel blade in, we measured it at 10-15 cm thick. In the trees it was soft enough that you could stomp skis into the pine needles and chickenheads 🐔 to gain a bit of purchase. This improved a tiny bit over the few hours of our visit. No chance of wet loose activity on our mostly shaded route, but we did cross the frozen debris of an old size 2.5 avalanche. Look forward to revisiting in friendlier snow!