Crustafarians Unite

Quick report

Weather

cold, windy, sunny

Ride Type

sunnySlopes, convexSlopes, openTrees, mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

crusty, windAffected, powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab

Went up to the Swiss glacier with low hopes of skiing the S couloir. As soon as we hit treeline elevation, cold mod winds from the east appeared, along with a mix of wind crusts, slabs and sastrugi. Swiss glacier has 1-3m of snow atop the ice and many visible crevasses. We turned around on the glacier due to the obvious mediocrity of the conditions, but the sun was shining and the views delivered. Below TL, we found good settled powder.