December Shmoo

Quick report

Weather

warm, wet, windy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

powder, wet

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Today’s mission: slog through foggy alpine soup and squishy snow to give the Summit Creek weather station a little rime-removal spa treatment. Temps at highway level (880 m) hovered above freezing, while Summit WX (1132 m) stayed just cold enough to slap a thin melt–freeze crust on the surface. Moderate south winds did their own housekeeping and stripped trees clean of snow. We never got eyes on the upper alpine, and wind slabs are likely to have formed on north-facing lee features.