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Quick report

Weather

cloudy, stormy, windy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

hard, powder

We choose to ride at Treeline due to low clouds and intermittent flurries limiting Alpine visibility. In the trees, we found 30 cm of new, soft snow over a 20 cm thick hard crust. That crust was well bonded to the snowpack so our primary avalanche concern remained the new snow, particularly where westerly winds were loading it onto steep slopes.