Hector South Peak

Quick report

Weather

sunny, cold

Ride Type

openTrees, alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, sunnySlopes

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Took advantage of good conditions to explore Hector South's "Peak Bowl" area. Of note: 15 - 30 cm of largely un-wind affected loose dry snow overlies old Dec. 7 surface. This presents as a thin (~<1 1cm) sun and/or melt-freeze crust at least to 2600m. While little wind effect was present on the new snow, this area saw of transport a lot prior to the crust with big variations in depth. One constant is how weak/facetted the snow below the Dec 7 interface. Quick takeaway: nice skiing for now, but there is a generally thin and ubiquitously weak snowpack in this area. It won't take much to rip all of this out.