Butter at Hanging Lake

Quick report

Weather

warm, cloudy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

wet, heavy

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Took a group of beginners up with a local club trip. Super warm on Sunday with evidence of some small (0.5) natural loose wet slides and pinwheels off cliff features, likely from Friday or maybe Saturday. A couple of friends I ran into encountered whumpfing at 1600m on a Northwest aspect. We skied west facing mellow slopes off the ridge between Hanging and Rainbow Lakes. Quite a few open holes in the creek that are usually filled in this time of year. By 1-2pm the snow surface was soft and the snow below wet but surprisingly supportive enough to make some nice buttery if heavy turns. Thankfully no breakable crust the whole day. The skintrack out was a dream for surfy butter luge-ing. Lots of twigs and leaves fallen from the high temps. Saw a couple sledders shredding steeper slopes and rolls with nothing reactive during the day that we observed.