2000 ft ridge - nice powder in shady north slopes, some wind and sun crusting

Quick report

Weather

sunny

Ride Type

sunnySlopes, convexSlopes, mellowSlopes, steepSlopes, denseTrees, alpineSlopes, openTrees

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Great day on 2000 ft ridge. About 15-35 cm of medium density powder on top of that spring crust from last week’s warming period. Dug one pit on a north slope: fairly thick crust from the melt freeze cycle, seemed bonded to what was underneath though some facets in the mix. I dug down but didn’t find that layer 1 metre down we were worried about. Definitely some wind present from the south/south east: see photos of cornices developing. Some evidence of windslab. Skied rhe trees down, it was great.