Easter Bonney

Quick report

Weather

sunny, warm

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

powder, wet

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

Suprisingly good powder skiing on the Bonney Moraines. Only 2 cars in the parking lot. Up to 30 cm of dry snow over 1600m on the northern aspects. The solar slopes were showing a lot of signs of warming (small surface wet looses everywhere). Fresh size 1.5 avalanche deposit observed at the base of the steep south-easterly flanks of Ross Peak. The elephant trunk is quite a challenge on the morning ice ...