Powder in the Perry

Quick report

Weather

warm, sunny

Ride Type

steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, convexSlopes

Stayed Away

sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, wet, crusty

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow

Today we went looking for powder up the Perry river and found up to 40 cm of recent snow in the alpine which tapered rapidly to only 10ish cm below treeline. The recent snow overlies a crust on all aspects. The pow we were riding had not yet settled into a cohesive slab and we didn’t observe any signs of instability or recent avalanches. Our primary concern was strong solar radiation settling the recent snow into a reactive slab. This would be most likely at upper elevations where there is 30+ cm of recent snow sitting on a crust.