Ogden ripper

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSound

Went for a jaunt up Ogden benches. Travel was quiet good for majority except the classic open creek/rocky section at beginning of summer trail. We found 10-20 cms of fist powder above the dense tree to the ridge. Skiing was supportive and quite lovely. Older debris from most slide paths / overhead was mostly covered and soft to ski (48 hours or more old) and all size 1-1.5. Triggered 1 small size one , avg 20cms deep fist+ propagated 10 meter off the ski sliding on a zipper crust (1cm thick) tucked skiers left under small cliff band from main drop on point around 2400 m sw/e aspect. 4 parties out. Phantom got skied, still a bit of pow left to shred. Glide cracks are very visible, no buckling yet at the toes of path.