Purple Bowl

Submitted by
cdvermette1
Observations date
Saturday, December 30, 2023 at 19:00
Location
51.421480° N 116.086570° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Purple Bowl

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Hard
  • Powder
We rode:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Mellow slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Convex slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Sunny
  • Warm

Comments

Purple Bowl was as expected. Variable snow conditions. Low tide, wind affected snow near the top. Throughout the entire ski down the snow consistently changed between hard, crusty top layer or nice soft turns. One minute you would be enjoy a few nice powder turns and then run into a hard surface crust/ice. Weather was very nice for temperature, -2 degrees as a day time high. Light winds at the 2,650m and a mix of sun/cloud all day. We skied North aspect.
Surface Hoar spotted while climbing up the valley. Approx. 2,000m
Surface Hoar spotted while climbing up the valley. Approx. 2,000m
wind affected snow at all aspects near the high point (2,650m)
wind affected snow at all aspects near the high point (2,650m)
defined ski track but you can see the low coverage of the area
defined ski track but you can see the low coverage of the area