Helen shoulder

Quick report

Weather

sunny

Ride Type

sunnySlopes, openTrees, alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

crusty, powder

Skied some laps on the burns at Helen shoulder. Ride quality was excellent, with 5-10cm of snow on top of a supportive crust. Still plenty of fresh tracks to be had. On south facing solar aspects we found a widespread crust 1-2cm thick down 5-10cm. Crust was supportive to skis. Underneath that crust were a number of other thin crusts interspersed with mostly faceted snow. With a thick crust near the base with depth hoar/facets below. HS ranged from 45-65cm, so some sharks lurked, but mostly good coverage. New MFsc seems to be forming on steep solar aspects. We saw no evidence of windslabs, but only skied southerly aspects. Observed size 2 debris in steep alpine aspects off W face of Dolomite and S faces of Crystal ridge and Cirque peak.