It re-lit our spark to see fresh snow in the park

Quick report

Weather

foggy, stormy, wet

Ride Type

cutBlocks, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

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Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

heavy, powder

Avalanche Conditions

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With 30 centimetres of new snow showing at the Cruikshank weather station, we had to go see for ourselves whether it was real or if we were just dreaming. Good news! It’s real! Travel up the east fork main is a little challenging at the moment, patches of intermittent snow are difficult for vehicle travel, but interspersed with large bare patches that make you cringe a little when you scrape across on a snowmobile. We opted to make the swap to sleds around km 6, but people had clearly pushed their vehicles further. We started in the pouring rain, but by 1000 m it had switched to snow. We went up to 1450 m. In open areas there was 40 cm of new snow, in the dense forest it is still a bit brushy and lacking coverage. We can confirm that as expected from the weather station data, the storm started as rain which has helped solidify a strong bond between the new snow and the old crust. Challenging skiing for hazards and heavy snow, but we couldn’t be happier.