Ursus Trees & Hospital Gullies
Snowpacknick.baggaley · Mar 30, 2018 · Glacier
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, windy, warm, foggy
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, steepSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, deepPowder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
Skied a couple laps in the Ursus trees and down Hospital Gullies. Very warm conditions - ambient temperatures hovering between -1 and -2 all day. Snow was very deep; mostly powder with a crust 20cm below surface at the creek and 80cm near treeline. Small slabs released on convexities through the day. Severe wind loading down at the creek through the day; we set off a small cornice on the final descent.
Snowpack
Point observation at the top of Ursus Trees at 1255.