Nighttime Exploration of Red Heather

Quick report

Ride Type

openTrees, mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

powder, crusty

Avalanche Conditions

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No snow to the parking, technically skinnable at 1100m, by about 1230m between 15-30cm of dense enough snow to ski the road. By 1350-1400 no concerns in the fairly rock-free terrain of this zone. Drainages still can be thin or open, snow at the top was maybe a metre (didn't check thoroughly). New snow was somewhat slow to ski, and by 1250m was quite sticky and difficult to turn in. Below about 1400m I could feel a crust forming. Not super hard but a good few cm thick