42.5 km lodgepole creek FSR

Quick report

Weather

sunny

Ride Type

mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

deepPowder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

Elv 1620-2200m Aspect ne Alpine to below treeline. Temp -9 warming to -3 Winds nil, no evidence of recent wind Sunny some cloud. Surface snow low-medium density treeline and below. Numerous settlements and shooting cracks especially near convexities. Several class 1 and 2s, one class 1 occurred sympathetically when I parked my sled in the gravel pit. Several class 2s below treeline on steep open and treed (burned) areas . Slide surface was old crust at 40-60 cm depth; Slide widths 40 -80 m wide. Most ran out to bench immediately below but no further. Most of alpine had slide previously. No evidence of recent cornice failures. ECTP12-sudden planar collapse on crust with some surface hoar. elv 1900 m. Several easy hand shears on route up skin trail. Route finding was key to being safe, placed skin trail on low angle terrain and/ or dense trees and avoided steep slopes and steep slopes above. Skied only low to moderate angle terrain (<27 deg) .Epic and entertaining day.