How Low Can You Go!?

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

deepPowder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

It was all about low-angle terrain today at the Torpy. With touchy, widespread weak layers under 80 cm of new snow, we kept our terrain choices very conservative. We saw a new avalanche well below treeline on a steep rollover among sparse trees. We gave ALL steep slopes even those in the trees a wide berth and stuck to slopes <25º or small features where we could manage our hazard. The winds hadn't done much except a bit of movement on alpine ridge lines but many of the open meadows were amazingly deep. It felt like we had all kinds of weather today with a bit of sun, clouds, and snowfall scattered throughout the day. It certainly was a day to be careful, but also an amazing day to be out on the sleds!