- Submitted by
- iwelsted
- Observations date
- Saturday, November 26, 2022
- Location
- 50.814570° N 115.370340° W
- Reporting on
- Ice conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Ice conditions
- Ice quality was:
- OK
- Wind was:
- Blowing snow above the climb
- Blowing snow across the valley
- Blowing snow on the climb
- We retreated from the climb because of
- Spindrift
- Strong winds
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Bailed from the top of pitch one of Fist Fight on the Fist due to the most intense spindrift I have ever experienced on a climb. Couldn't look up, couldn't look down, snow was blowing up as well as down the chimney.
Accumulation at car of 5 cms between 6 am and 4 pm. The main feature of the day was very high wind which switched to easterly in the pm.
Unsurprisingly pockets were loaded as we retreated four hours after approaching.
