Quiet day on Shovelnose

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Conditions de neige

La qualité du hors-piste était:
Excellente
Les conditions de neige étaient :
  • Poudreuse
Nous avons parcouru:
  • Pentes alpines
  • Forêt dégagée
  • Pentes raides
  • Pentes ensoleillées
Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:
  • Pentes convexes

Information

La journée était:
  • Nuageuse
  • Chaude

Commentaires

Very quiet day on Saturday around Shovelnose: only one other party that we saw at our exit, and one more that we mostly heard than see during the day. We drove with 4x4 and chains to around 1100m but nobody else made it that high. Surprisingly good snow overall with 20-40cm siting on top of the previously formed ice layer. This layer seems to be crumbling very easily and is not supportive at all. No signs of avis observed anywhere and we didn't dig a pit. We skied up to 30 degrees terrain on the side of Mt Fee ridge.