Hollyburn and Christmas Gulley

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, cold, sunny, warm

Ride Type

denseTrees, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

crusty, deepPowder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow

Incredible riding conditions on the shore Tuesday. 30cm on unconsolidated fresh powder on top of the recent 100cm+ this week rode well at treeline and below in sheltered and shaded areas. Ski cut a few times on convex rolls at hollyburn summit N-ish aspects and snow remained unconsolidated (no cracking, whumfing, or slabbing). N/W shaded turns down hollyburn remained similarly. Rode a bonus lap E from Strachan, found some bad breakable sun crust. Lots of 15cm looking crown lines on steep S treeline face of Strachan. Christmas gulley itself had a bit of debris and a decent amount of ski tracks. Rode pretty well too.