A view of the Pfiefferhorn from the north.
Despite generally unfavorable avalanche conditions throughout much of February, a few days reared their heads with low danger on certain aspects. On one such day, I took advantage and got in a nice solo descent of the Southeast face/East ridge of the Pfiefferhorn.
The skinning was straightforward – up the trail to Red Pine Lake, continuing South, then ascending the prominent East facing ridge, and skinning across the top of Maybird until I reached the end of the skinning. From there, I put in a booter, trying to ignore the low snow coverage and the half dozen holes that tried to swallow me Continue reading ‘Southeast/East Ridge of the Pfiefferhorn’