Sun Peaks Christmas Eve Tour

Quick report

Weather

foggy, sunny

Ride Type

openTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound

Tricky, thin snowpack. In one shallow steep area at the top of the elevator chutes we noticed a fracture as pictured in the first photo - failing on the facets at the bottom of the snowback. After witnessing this, we stepped it back to more moderate terrain.