Needle

Quick report

Weather

stormy, windy

Ride Type

denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

crusty, powder, windAffected

Toured up to Needle with the goal of skiing Flatiron. The uptrack in the trees was crusty and slick. Once past the dense trees the snow quality improved and was generally soft with pole pen of 30 cm. Skinning up the ridge, the snow quality deteriorated and was generally windspet closer to Needle. We dropped in from the Ridge between Needle and Flatiron on a south face. Terrible skiing with less than 5 cm over a very hard crust (Solar?). Below the crust the snow was generally softer, but skiing was not good. Due to low morale we returned back to the car and did not venture towards Flatiron. Car at parking said -1, but temps generally felt very warm throughout the day.