Skimpy snowpack

Quick report

Weather

warm, windy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, cutBlocks, openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp

Skied a bowl in the Perry Creek area. Dug a pit at tree line. Very low snowpack, 60-80 cm (75 cm at pit). Top 15 cm was wind affected new snow from last week, then 10 cm soft crusts with facets, then 50 cm of loose facets to ground. Too many little trees sticking up for good skiing, and loose facets around each tree. Winds are starting to redistribute last week’s snow, and it was around zero degrees.