Needle Peak
Quick reportLuke_Skiwalker · Dec 17, 2020 · Cariboos
Quick report
- Weather
- wet, windy, warm, foggy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- heavy, windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab
Went out to needle peak to break in the new powder skis - picked the right day. Snow in the trees was pretty heavy and there was about 15cms of it. Up on the ridge the snow was dry. It was mild all day. Jumping on wind lips on small slopes on the ridge produced slabs stepping to the crust ~20-30cms down. With the intel we skied E/NE facing slopes not much more than 30 degree. Ski cut a small slab on a wind affected convex roll. Weather was surprisingly good, but active wind from the west and weather was coming in fast as we headed out.