The Great Surface Hoar Hunt

You couldn't ask for better scenery than a sunny day in Clemina! While the winds had really been at it recently there were still pockets of good riding to be found on sheltered north and east faces in the alpine and down in the trees. In the alpine those were also the areas with the highest avalanche hazard as the wind had deposited fresh wind slabs there (as evidenced by a couple of the avalanches we saw). We also found the now buried surface hoar crystals from last week under about 35cm of snow. While we didn't see any avalanches in the area that had failed on this surface hoar layer, we are definitely keeping an eye on it, especially as it get's buried deeper.