Soft Turns at Seaton

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Ride Type

openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

crusty, powder, windAffected

We skied southeast and north aspects at treeline today. We observed previous wind effect at ridge crest and a thin crust on south and east aspects that was buried at the beginning of March. Today, we were carefully evaluating the depth and distribution of wind effected snow at ridge crest. We avoided steeper, more connected ridge top terrain features. We dug a profile on an east aspect at 1600 m. The snowpack was only 145 cm here, and was generally weak and faceted, yet we did not get any results in snowpack tests. That said, we are headed into a couple stormy days. We will be carefully observing how much new snow falls over the coming days as this will be expected to increase the avalanche danger.