Nigel Basin

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, stormy, warm

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees, mellowSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

windAffected, powder, crusty

As usual, the good snow is in the trees. Dug a pit at 2400m, N/E aspect. 180cm depth, bottom 50cm is facets. No other weaknesses noticed, took a lot of effort to make the column fail. Skied sheltered trees all day, no instabilities noticed. Exposed terrain at treeline is a bit crusty. Cloudy and -5ish all day, 5cm of fresh fell while we were out.