Columnar East Face

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny, warm

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, wet

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

20cm-30cm of new snow at around 1800m on top of the rain crust from the previous week. The snow quality was great and then deteriorated slightly (pinwheeling, moistening) when the sun appeared. Saturated snowpack visible underneath new snow (we did not determine how far down the saturation went).