Bird Tracks

It's slim pickings to find good riding in the Torpy area right now. The sun has made a breakable crust over the south and west facing slopes and recent northerly winds have made north faces in the alpine unpleasant. Low elevation slopes below 1300m were pretty crusty everywhere as well. The best powder we found was in sheltered upper elevation trees on northerly facing aspects. Avalanche hazard was pretty low so we felt safe skiing a couple of steep 40 degree lines. We dug a quick pit to confirm the absence of any weak layers deeper in the snow before we dove in. The area has only received around 15cm of new snow over the last two weeks.