Lewis Hills

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny, windy

Ride Type

denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Snow Conditions

powder

Excellent trail conditions from Rugged Edge to the entrance of Lewis Hills. Thanks Groomers! Lots of evidence of recent winds by way of icy surfaces, drifts, wind slab, and wind pressed snow. Still excellent coverage overall, but but Brooks and streams have become very pronounced and unpassable in places. Our most recent rain crust is exposed and extremely icy in places which made for dangerous snowmobile travel on certain terrain. The new snow seems to be bonding pretty well to this rain crust, but we did observe two recent avalanches on an East and South East facing slope. Cornice failure triggered, we suspect these wind slabs failed on loose dry snow immediately below. We decided to stay away from steeper more exposed slopes with the wind slab crust combo. Always find it spooky when weather starts setting up there, and it always turns us around earlier than we hoped. On our way out by 11:30 from a little further than Hynes Pond.