Pedley Pass

Quick report

Weather

sunny

Ride Type

openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Skied Pedley Pass today. It appeared that recent winds were extreme from the northwest as windward slopes were absolutely blasted. Fortunately, skiing in sheltered trees was excellent with ~15cm of new snow on the drought layer. I dug a full profile (see photo), mostly for practice but also to investigate a less familiar snowpack. This showed nothing alarming, however there was a large surface hoar layer beneath the storm snow which could be a problem with additional load. We also observed surface hoar growth all aspects and elevations to size 10. There were numerous naturals to at least size 2 from SE aspects in the alpine which appeared to be from the recent storm/wind (see photo).