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Pattison NW Face

Published
Apr 16th, 2026 2:00 PM
karmicitch
Spearhead
Details

Type

quick

Coordinates

50.059630, -122.827960

Quick Observation
Skied the NW face - apologies for the bootpacking mess on the summit. We had no tracks to follow and checked out three possible entrances, opting for far lookers right - downclimbed into position after a belayed recon. I'm sure local badasses just ski off the top into this line but the idea made me throw up a little. First couple turns = supportive crust and sugary snow, then windpressed/scoured, then great powder over a crust in parts. No surprise wind pockets - it was all sluff management. Shoutout to the dudes that put in an uptrack/bootpack to the north facing line on the open face far lookers left - we gladly followed after the NW face. Similar snow conditions to the NW face. We experienced rapid warming on south slopes on the approach - cloud cover from 2pm onwards preserved a lot of the unconsolidated snow we found in the area. Very happy those skiers on Trorey were ok - we saw the slide from Pattison and it propagated wide.