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Quick report

Weather

cloudy, foggy, warm

Ride Type

openTrees, mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

sunnySlopes, alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

heavy

Went for short walk today at bow summit, to have a peek at conditions and see if I remembered how to pizza. Very busy out there with tracks on anything close to covered. 1 party in the flower and plenty of tracks in the dog leg, we kept it mellow with a few laps on in the Christmas trees. Temps were hovering around 0 or just below, snowing S-1 for the few hours we were out with very limited visibility (no naturals observed), Overall light winds with the occasional gust from the south. A couple little hasty pits around treeline and just below to get a feel for the snowpack had me come away with the following summary: 45-50cm average HS around tree line. 8cm of low density Hst overlies a layer of 25 cm of moist snow 4F (just beginning to freeze up on its upper boundary at our high point of ~2350m) below this is a facet/crust to ground (10-15cms)complex presumably from mid/late October, which was also holding moisture. Overall the ski quality was mid, it wasn’t upside down but you could definitely feel the heavy/sticky snow underneath, particularly when skiing previously tracked terrain.