Bald Hills

Quick report

Weather

windy, cloudy, stormy

Ride Type

sunnySlopes, convexSlopes, alpineSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

crusty, powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSound

Tracked up the Lovat Scout Trail to the top of Bald Hills Summit. 2 day old tracks on the NE and East facing slopes on the Lovat scout trail side. There was heavy wind loading close to the top. Large cornice present close to the peak NE and East facing aspects. Peak and ridge line were heavily wind drifted. Traversed across to bald hills viewpoint. Skied down convex slopes from bald hills view point. Stayed away from concave slopes in the bowl on the north side of bald hills view point as there was heavy wind loading. Also completed some informal snow profiles. Areas sheltered from the wind had a 20cm of fresh snow on top of a hard sun affected crust. Puncturing through the crust was a weak layer indicating persistent slab problems.