Going up a slippery slope

Quick report

Weather

warm, sunny

Ride Type

sunnySlopes, convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

powder, crusty, windAffected, hard

Very cold start to the day but warmed up quickly once away from the creek. South-ish facing skin tracks were quite slippery so crampons are advisable. Not much wind today but lots of wind crusts all around with surface hoar (1-2cm) being very present when not wind affected. Skiing on an east facing slope was very variable with great pow right next to a hard and ugly crust (wind and melt freeze). Still some fun to be had but harder to find. Picture of the cornice at the Little Sifton Col.