[TR] North Sister - Thayer HW 05/18/2025

[bedellympian]

Trip: North Sister - Thayer HW

Trip Date: 05/18/2025

Trip Report:

Went out to North Sister on Sunday 5/18 to have a look-see in mediocre weather. I was excited to see some ice hanging on and forming up from this past week of weather. I played on it a bit but most was sun rotten and delaminating. It will all be gone quick once the sun comes back out. Skiing conditions were pretty terrible due to wind packed pow over old frozen sun crust and wet slide debris and some rock sharks too. Though I did talk to two splitboarders who went over to the SW side of the peak and found consistent wind-packed powder in a bowl.

Here's some pictures...

Thayer HW area

Cool little pillar... bigger than it looks and solid but the top out was pretty terrible.

Second pitch above the pillar... gross delaminating ice... downclimbed and did some gross scrambling up snow covered choss to the L

Looking down on the Thayer Cirque from near where I was able to traverse to the main gully and descend.

Storm cell over Broken Top on the hike back to the car.

Gear Notes:
Sneakers for the approach, skis kinda pointless in the conditions I found, tools and pons for ice, bringing a rap cord to escape via bollard would have been smart.

Approach Notes:
Pole Creek TH