[MCR] Rockies: Cirque Peak

[Public Mountain Conditions Report]

Up the S ridge of Cirque Pk and down the N couloir/glacier today.

The S ridge is mostly wind scoured, there was one patch of snow high  
on the ridge that was deeper and we tread carefully there but it was  
fairly short and not really loaded. If there was a slab there though  
it would be an unfortunate place to go for a ride.

A few bits of slab in the couloir but it was mostly soft. The glacier  
was breakable wind crust. Exit via the Cirque/Observation valley was  
uneventful with sun crust in the right places.

No whumpfs and several recent large avalanches on steep lee/ 
crossloaded slopes seemed to have run a few days ago with nothing in  
the past 24 hrs. Large cornices with some activity off them. If the  
next few days are as hot as they are forecast to be I suspect things  
will rock and roll again, so we're going to be biking and rock  
climbing for the next few days.

Ski quality varied from wind crust to sun crust to shale to  
isothermal bits in S facing lower elevation trees to sticky wet glop.  
Between the 3 of us we had 4 powder turns. Nice views though.

Mark Klassen
Mountain Guide
www.alpinism.com


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