Little Sifton Traverse

Quick report

Laurent G. Saulnier · Jan 16, 2021 · Little Yoho

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Quick report

Weather
cloudy
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
Amazing
Snow Conditions
windAffected, powder

Toured to the summit of Little Sifton and skied to the highway through the northernmost gulley. Noticed buried sun crust ~6cm deep in some areas on the way up Grizzly shoulder. Snow on the E face of Little Sifton was wind compacted, but with no cracking or whumpfing. Riding conditions were good from the summit, and better from the col and onto the glacier and main run. It was getting a bit tracked out in the gulley towards the end, but snow conditions were still soft enough to manage an OK ride out.