Markhor bowl

Quick report

noyanserim · Feb 8, 2019 · Coquihalla

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Quick report

Weather
cold, cloudy
Ride Type
denseTrees, openTrees
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
Terrible
Snow Conditions
crusty, hard, windAffected

Hard crust on north aspects across Markhor Peak, crummy skiing and challenging skinning along ridge. ~30 cm compressed wind slab above 1500 m along ridge and in northeast bowl. Easy planar results at 40 cm on hand shear tests on open slope at around 1400 m, but no reactivity during skiing or skinning.