Riding High

Quick report

Weather

warm, cloudy

Ride Type

steepSlopes, openTrees, denseTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, heavy

Back to old faithful for some excellent tree skiing. Within the shade of the trees snow stayed mostly dry and low density especially above 1150m in the morning. Towards 2pm snow was becoming more creamy but turns were still great. Ski pen 15-25 cm. Temps at the truck at 650m -2, felt similar throughout the day, warming a bit by afternoon. Light SW winds, snowing S-1 for about an hour otherwise no precipitation. Overcast all day which likely helped with ski quality. No avalanches obs, visibility was nil. No signs of instability in the sheltered, well supported terrain we skied. Another great day out in the POW range. Snuck in one last good one before the big warm up.