Boulder Creek - Ski

Quick report

Weather

warm, cloudy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

crusty, powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSound

Ski touring on east aspects today we found 25cm of storm snow sitting on old buried sugary surface facets. Above 1500m it was a different story and 6cm of new snow sat on top a supportive crust (Monday’s wind effect.) We had a few good whumphs around 1450m. Recognizing this as a sign of instability we stayed on low angle terrain. The average snowpack height was 120cm-140cm. Our layer of concern was 24cm of new snow on top of now buried old sugary surface facets from the cold snap of a few weeks ago. There’s a consolidated midpack with sugary facets below. There’s good skiing to be had and the best turns are in the trees below 1500m.