Needle Shoulder

We progressed our day from mellow slopes to short supported steep sections. Beautiful cool clear weather, with light-moderate ridge winds. Possibly best snow in the Coquihalla this year?

Here is an overview of our Pit on Needle shoulder around 1700m HS 330 Down 30: Compression Test Moderate 13/ Shovel Shear Test E/M (No cohesion in snow above) Down 55 :CTM14/STMH Grappel Stellar Mix above thin Ice Crust Down 90 :CTNR/STH needles DF's A healthy snowpack with cool temperatures, expect changes with warming weather.