Castle Area AST 1

Warm temperatures and cloudy skies in the morning. Above zero degrees at the resort in the morning, surface snow was soft. As we gained elevation we found variable surfaces ranging from breakable crust to hard wind pressed snow and some not quite as hard wind slabs in sheltered areas. Steep south-facing slopes had the most robust crusts. These wind slabs were bonded well to previous surfaces. The sun peaked out in the afternoon but didn't provide enough heat to get any wet loose avalanches and we saw no evidence of pinwheeling. Skiing was not great but also not terrifying. Sheltered terrain was the best skiing.