Low vis in Smoker's Bowl
Quick reportSplitNick · Jan 8, 2023 · Kakwa
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, foggy
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
Got a little turned around with the poor vis in Smoker's bowl. Skinned from black forest parking lot on 20-30cm new snow on a crust. Rode into smoker's and ended up coming back up the same way in the fog to ride the ridge back to trees/inbounds. Ridge winds moderate and significant wind affect on ridgeline and lee features. Our ski cuts didn't cause any slides, but the top layer of new snow is already wind slabbing/consolidating in the bowl and things are pretty crusty on the ridge, with a few rocks exposed above the treeline. Tree-protected areas still have great riding on the new layer and offer safer riding due to visibility.
Snowpack
Rode 20-30cm new snow on top of a crust.