Wet and Wild Crystal Healing

Quick report

Weather

warm

Ride Type

sunnySlopes, mellowSlopes, convexSlopes, openTrees, alpineSlopes, denseTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

heavy, wet, windAffected

Skiied up Crystal Ridge today. Supportive base provides lovely skinning up to alpine, approaching 70cm HS at TL, and then reducing in the wind-affected Alpine. HS was highly variable, however 60cms of moist, consolidated snow provides good skiing in protected lees. Dug a pit, snowpack is moist to ground at 2350m on solar aspects. Compression Tests repeatedly failed on isolation at ground. No new avalanche activity. Air Temp was 4C at the car at 1:45PM. Ridegtop is completely stripped; the backside of the ridge is getting close. Bow Lake is completely unfrozen, which gave us wonderful views. Feels like spring in the Kootenays!