West Nile

Quick report

Weather

cold, warm, sunny

Ride Type

denseTrees, openTrees

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

We went up West Nile today, leaving the trail in -17°C. By 3:30, it warmed to -5°C. At treeline, a crust collapsed under our feet, so we dug a pit on the lee side of a wind slab. Snowpack: 150 cm total. Top 40 cm was soft pow, then a hard crust (110–100 cm). Below 95 cm, faceted snow. In a column test, the 110 cm layer kept collapsing as we cut it. We turned around. On the way down, we ski-cut a small convex with little hazard potential but couldn't trigger anything. Beautiful, sunny day on the 93N.