Whymper North

Easy fast travel up Chickadee valley. Worked our way up below Whymper North Col and where surprised to see a massive cornice on the col. I had never seen a cornice grow in this spot but this year it is huge (still passable on the lookers right). We continued up to below the Nunataq feature that splits the slope. New snow increased with elevation and initially felt good but as we climbed we noticed more cracking on the skin track corners and got a Whumph. We transitioned below the nunataq and dug a pit. We got repeatable easy/very easy results down 40-50cm on DF's. Good skiing up high but still dodging debris. All day the wx deteriorated and as we skied out it was snowing steadily (S2).