Gnarly Nora

Quick report

Weather

sunny, warm

Stayed Away

cutBlocks

Riding Quality

terrible

Snow Conditions

crusty

We did an access recce at one of Mt Nora's subpeaks today but found the terrain too rugged for our appetite. There may be a couple of other options to explore.. In any case, it wasn't until about 900 m that we would have dared to try sliding on snow. At our 1000m high point, we found 20 cm of new snow on the dirt, topped with dazzling new 5-8mm surface hoar on a brittle 2cm crust from yesterday's warmup. The snow beneath the crust had dried out in the shade but remained moist in the sun. We saw a few pinwheels from yesterday but didn't stick around for the peak of today's warming.