Fraser Ridge

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, warm, windy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

terrible

Snow Conditions

windAffected, hard

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSound

Snow was still largely unaffected by wind below treeline, but as we travelled toward treeline the wind transport was quite substantial. A hard wind slab (~15cm) was underlain by faceted snow in exposed areas, the snow mostly transported away, but there were some deposits around exposed trees. Travelling was challenging - the hard slab was so hard that kicking steps was easier than skinning on steeper sections and we ended up turning around; the ski down through the variable snow included side slipping and survival skiing through breakable crust in places.