Kootenay Pass

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

crusty, powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSound

Yesterday, we toured the south side of the pass and found 25cm of pow on top of 55cm of rightside up 1F-4F. The new snow was bonding well. Today, in protected terrain, we found similar qualities. We felt good dropping into steeper terrain being cautious of some wind-deposit pillows just under the ridge, and the riding was quite good. Ridges were wind-affected and quite bad (heard one loud wumph). Isolated pockets in trees were sun-baked and also bad. Lower elevation skiing included a fair amount of rocks and scraping...bad. Still, fantastic conditions up high. Wonderful day out.