Gorge FSR 13-21km

Quick report

Weather

stormy, cloudy

Ride Type

denseTrees, steepSlopes, openTrees, mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

powder, heavy, deepPowder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound

Numerous Sz 1’s and 1 Sz 2 and a lot of whumfing along the road. Conditions did improve as we gain elevation and after careful snowpack evaluation we were able to ride a steep 200m N face below ridge top. Some wind transport notice but no cracking observed. Test profile showed RP results dn 45cm on SH/FC dec 15 layer at CTM18 and the Crust was found dn 100cm and only reactive to CTH 25/28 uneven breaks. At higher elevations as temps cooled and we got out of the below tree line/tree line band conditions seemed to improve just enough.