Gargoyles

Quick report

Weather

sunny, cold

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

hard, windAffected, powder, crusty

Great travel condition. Good coverage from parking lot. At the top of Paul's ridge there's 5 cm of low density snow on top of a crust (sometime breakable but not too thick). Near the Round Mtn area, it's very skied out, beyond that there's plenty of fresh tracks. Evidence of cornice fall (from solar warming?) on the Columnar-Gargoyles ridge (see photo). Pinwheels and moist snow on steep solar aspects. Skiing generally OK-good, best on low angle terrain where crust was supportive. Great touring conditions overall.