Steep but not Deep

Quick report

Weather

cold, sunny

Ride Type

denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow

Yesterday storm did not deliver champagne powder to Mount Washington. After digging a quick test pit at 1400m on a north shaded slope, we discovered 40cm of storm snow. Of the 40cm, the bottom 30 seemed to have fallen as wet snow that froze, forming a firm layer supportive to skiis with 10cm dry powder on top. Steep and convex slopes in the area skiied great with sloughing of the top layer only. Below 1200m was a frozen skating rink. Logging road travel slow due to many bent over alders.