Black Tusk

Riding quality was:

Terrible

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty
• Heavy
• Wet

We rode:

• Mellow slopes
• Open trees

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Warm
• Wet

Another wet and warm day up high - it was about 0 degrees at 1950 meters with a light mist from the clouds.

We hiked to and from the 6km mark on the Rubble Creek Trail and then skinned up to about the 2000m elevation mark near the Tusk. We dug a pit on a south aspect at 1950m, see snowpack section for details. We also got a windslab to let go on the lee side of a wind lip with a few kicks (see avalanche summary). We found significant wind scoured terrain to the west of the wind lip and you can see similar terrain in the 4th picture.