Flute and Oboe

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Flute and Oboe

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Wind affected
We rode:
  • Mellow slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Convex slopes
  • Steep slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Cold
  • Sunny
  • Windy

Comments

We observed a variety of snow surfaces. Some wind affect, not major slab, but evidence in places of a surface layer of graupel that could be tricky once buried. Skiing was a mix of loud powder and a grabby crust layer, on E, W and NW aspects. We observed some existing small 0.5 naturals on convex features but detected no significant instabilities ourselves.