Paget Glades, Rain Crust

Quick report

Weather

cold, windy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

terrible

Snow Conditions

crusty, hard

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow

As stability increased for treeline and below, we ventured into Paget glades. We made it up to 1950 m, refrozen rain crust everywhere we went. Up to 3-4 cm of new snow on the crust in some places. The crust was supportive and fast to ski. No signs of instability today underfoot. Short glimpses of sun but not enough to affect the snow. No recent avalanches on the low-angle Paget glades runs we did, mostly on southern aspects, but across Sherbrooke lake, lots of very large recent avalanches on the Ogden runs.