mosquito creek area

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, cold

Ride Type

denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

Poked around the mosquito creek area and it's still early season out there. The snowpack was 60-100 cm at tree line, 3/4 of which was unconsolidated (in non-exposed) storm snow overlaying a facet layer. There was some slab development with a few shooting cracks in more exposed areas at treeline. The snowpack wasn't supportive at all, which made for tough travel and a few shark bites. It would have been unreal skiing if there was a supportive base for the storm snow.