Paul Ridge

Quick report

e.skierszkan · Dec 21, 2016 · Garibaldi

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Quick report

Weather
foggy, windy, stormy
Ride Type
openTrees, mellowSlopes
Stayed Away
convexSlopes, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
ok
Snow Conditions
powder, windAffected
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionSnow

Skiied Paul's Ridge today. Above the shelter it was windy (30-50 kph) all day and snow was quite wind-affected from W to SW winds all day. Some localized cracking of wind-packed snow below Round Mountain when setting the skin track. We avoided steeper N facing aspects due to wind loading. Steeper W aspects seemed to pose less risk. Powder was wind-packed and on less step slopes it was hard to build enough speed for good turns.