White Pyramid

"Fantastic ski ascent. Third attempt at this one, finally got it :). The bootpack from the col is grind, super foreshortened. You can basically avoid the glacier, don't bring up heavy glacier gear and a 50m rope like we did." — yuri • Apr 10, 2026

"19.6 km 14 hours Crossing Mistaya River, moving on steep snow terrain, snowshoes , crampons , axe. Very hard physically , moderate technically. Considering AVI hazards before going there " — hiker64 • Apr 24, 2022

"23km (not sure why measured a bit higher today) with 1,660m gain. Headlamp start. Luckily the river is completely frozen but had to break a trail to Epaulette Lake (though found 2 up tracks on the way down). Ice axe and crampons are really handy when descending and ascending false summit. Snow conditions varied, while we had some good turn, mainly was faceted wind slabs or very hard packed snow. When descended, the temperature at the lake was +5'C." — alexp • Mar 16, 2019

"4:30am start time, interesting river crossing in the dark. We attempted to cross the river in a spot that was too deep so we spent a lot of time messing around looking for the proper spot to cross. Slushy disaster in between the Mistaya River and Epaulette Lake. Many size 2-3 slides coming off the East Face of Epaulette during daytime heating. Long slog up to the col, long slog from the col to the highpoint. Easy travel on melt-freeze up to the col and relatively deep bootpacking from the col to the summit. Fun terrain at the false summit notch. Got soaked on the way out." — BobbyG • May 5, 2018

"Started in the dark with some awful conditions in the woods - tons of places with no snow and the snow that was there was isothermic slush. Crossed the Mistaya river at the lowest spot we could find that was waist deep. A slushy bushwack "ski" up to Epaulette Lake where snow conditions slowly improved. A grind up towards the col - found a good freeze above 2400m. Bootpacked up to the col - then used crampons from there to the summit. The ridge was much longer than expected, hard work! - Ski descent went well until we left the moraines, then it was SLOPPY. Tons of avalanche activity in the area, one size 3 covering the route that went again during our day. Awesome day at under 12 hours. Hard work. " — jakefinnan • May 5, 2018