Cypress Peak Area

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Cypress Peak Area

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Heavy
  • Wet
We rode:
  • Mellow slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Sunny
  • Warm
Avalanche conditions
  • Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Comments

Beautiful sunny day but very wet/heavy snow. Saw some debris from a large past avalanche in the bowl, and saw some very big cornices up on Cypress. First and last 6km involved a lot of boot packing before we could fully switch to skinning.