Narao trees

Quick report

kseel · Jan 21, 2018 · Glacier

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Quick report

Weather
cloudy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
Riding Quality
OK
Snow Conditions
powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSound

Weakly supportive snow with lots of trap doors made for tedious trail breaking and punchy turns. Need another 30+cm to provide better coverage over exposed shrubs. HS 95cm at 2000m, NW aspect with the upper 65cm fist to 4 finger consistency and sugary facets below to ground. The Dec 15 surface hoar is dn 55cm and I suspect was the layer that was settling on us all day. That said we saw no new Avy activity. Wx cloudy, -5C mid day, winds light W, flurries with trace snow accum.