Selkrirk style snowfall with Whitepass style winds

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Selkrirk style snowfall with Whitepass style winds

Snow conditions

Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Deep powder
  • Hard
  • Powder
  • Wind affected
We rode:
  • Dense trees
  • Mellow slopes
  • Open trees
We stayed away from:
  • Steep slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Stormy
  • Windy
Avalanche conditions
  • 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Comments

Heavy winds and snow today, at low elevation up to 45 cms of new snow.. as soon as you left the bigger trees, winds affected the snow in the usual wind protected gullies, good turns were found very low down on the Fraser chutes .. which made for very short laps and a very short day.. if the storm leaves with a little less wind maybe the riding will improve.. as it was still snowing when we left , maybe Fraser ridge would have been better skiing (lookers right of the chutes)! The sledding in the meadows should be supreme .. “upside down snowpack” with lots of snow in the valley and little in the alpine, windward places.