Swimming with sharks

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Ride Type

convexSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

powder, wet, windAffected

Approached via the snowmobilers route up the Brandywine FSR. Stock Crosstrek was able to make it to ~1050m, a capable 4x4 could easily have gone higher. Surprisingly good skiing at treeline considering its Nov 12, below treeline was tight, wet, and on the road quite thin, had to boot pack the last ~500m back to the car.

Weather

Wind Speed

windSpeedCalm

Blowing Snow

none

Sky Condition

overcast

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Depth

100

Site Aspect

SE

Site Elevation

1690

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

newSnow

Snowpack is supportive enough for skiing, and there's enough snow to make dodging sharks totally possible, left with only a few minor scratches on my bases. Poles can easily plunge to the earth. The alpine was very wind effected, with a lot less coverage than at treeline. Snow was quite light and soft at treeline, and got a lot wetter below ~1250m.