Vantage Ridge Faff

Quick report

Ride Type

denseTrees, openTrees, mellowSlopes, alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

powder, crusty, hard

Toured up Vantage Ridge to Cheques in the Mail. As advertised, the ski track up Cerise Creek was heinous, and the skinning in the forest until ~ 1650m was terrible. We did some shameful BTL bootpacking - see first photo for evidence. From 1650 - 2000m we had ~ 20cm of fresh, light snow. On S and E slopes the sun crust was very evident, making skinning on steep slopes challenging. Overall it was a bit of a faff of a day - would recommend FSRS to get to the alpine.