It (C)ain't over 'til it's over

Quick report

Weather

stormy, wet

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

hard, powder, wet

After perusing weather models and seeing North Island destinations in the lead for forecast snow, we headed up to the Mount Cain area to take a look. At 1200 m, heavy rain switched to heavy, wet snowfall at about 10:30 AM. Between then and our departure at around 2:30 PM, about 15 cm of moist new snow had accumulated. A nice little reset! New snow was bonding pretty much instantaneously to the wet surfaces that preceded the snowfall, but we noted elevated south winds at 1300 m and would expect reactive wind slabs forming on leeward slopes at ridgetop. Management of a prior injury kept our own travel limited to rescue practices in the weather station meadow.