Alexandria recce (and some Ensure)

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, windy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, cutBlocks, mellowSlopes, denseTrees

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

windAffected, powder, hard

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow

It was a weird day folks. Spotify downloads failed so I had Scarlet - Sweet N Pyscho, Indila’s - Derniere Danse, and The Irish Rovers on repeat in my head 🤷‍♂️. Exploratory mission up to Alexandria’s southern summit. This zone has a lot of potential, especially the NE-E bowl between the main and southern summit! Parked 2km past gate on west side of OR. Several sections of road melted out >300m. The lower southern facing cut block had 40-70 cm’s and stayed firm all day. Above 1200m it was 10-20cms of low density powder, except a small pocket of very steep/dense trees which was heavy and tree bombs had dropped. At 1500 m and above I moved through wind transported pockets to firm ice/scoured areas. I did not see old or new avalanches or pinwheeling. first (half) lap was 250 m and great. Took me from southern summit to bottom of upper basin. Second lap (back to sled) was going 525 m but requires a 75m traverse halfway down to get you setup for the final fall line.

Weather

Snowfall Rate

1