Sad that chickalicious is closed

Quick report

Henry Hungerford Barrett · Jan 22, 2026 · Flathead

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Quick report

Weather
cloudy
Ride Type
openTrees
Stayed Away
sunnySlopes
Riding Quality
good
Snow Conditions
powder

Followed the advice from our friendly local south Rockies field team and headed straight to sheltered high elevation polar aspects, near sparwood, to find soft snow and good turns. The crust is faceting out nicely with 2cm of surface hoar and 1cm of new stellars on top. Things are probably going to be quite zesty once we get some new snow on this layer! Probed between 160cm and 185cm HS around 1900/2000m. Mainly calm with a light breeze coming from the north towards the end of the day. Sad to learn that chickalicious is now closed when we went there for aprés