Easter Bonney

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Easter Bonney

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Amazing
Snow conditions were:
  • Powder
  • Wet
We rode:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Mellow slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Convex slopes
  • Sunny slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Sunny
  • Warm
Avalanche conditions
  • Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Comments

Suprisingly good powder skiing on the Bonney Moraines. Only 2 cars in the parking lot. Up to 30 cm of dry snow over 1600m on the northern aspects. The solar slopes were showing a lot of signs of warming (small surface wet looses everywhere). Fresh size 1.5 avalanche deposit observed at the base of the steep south-easterly flanks of Ross Peak. The elephant trunk is quite a challenge on the morning ice ...