Myra-ish

Quick report

Weather

warm, cold, sunny

Ride Type

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

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

hard

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Chucked the skis on the pack and hiked up to the Mt. Myra zone for some Island spring skiing. Snowline is at 800 m. Creeks are melted out and require sketchy dry crossings or wading. Observed ~ 3cm of fresh wind transported snow above 1400 m. Probed 180 cm snow depth at 1700 m. Despite our early start, solar aspects were warming rapidly, with boot top penetration at times. Lots of sun cupping and evidence of prior wet slabs on solar aspects. The two north gullies off the summit col showed evidence of size 2 avalanches with debris up to 1.5 m. The cornices at the top of each gully are still hanging on. We decided to avoid skiing the gullies and enjoyed some corn-ish turns on the NW ridge.