Steep Ck conditions

Quick report

Weather

sunny, warm

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, cutBlocks, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, heavy, powder, wet

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Day trip to Steep Ck. Skinned from the road, but in a day or two you'll need to walk a ways. Over 1 m HS at Darkside lake. South faces opposite side of the highway are almost completely dry. Above the hut snow was wet and there was little overnight freeze. Above 2000 m on shaded North facing terrain the snow was 30 cm of dry light-ish powder. Snow got progressively wetter below that. Evidence of recent storm slab probably releasing on a crust. No instabilities noted. Pinwheeling was evident even on North faces by the time we left the area at 4PM. Sun was out all day, but a bit of cloud cover made it fairly pleasant and probably preserved the snow a bit.