Base Building

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Base Building

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Good
Snow conditions were:
  • Powder
  • Wet
We rode:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Open trees
We stayed away from:
  • Steep slopes

Information

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

Comments

Good base building. At a lower elevation alpine feature 15 - 25cm moist soft snow on the surface skied well. A supportive base underneath is so far made up of a few crusts and rounds moist to ground - sticking to lower angle and lee features for the best coverage. Suspect higher alpine will be a drier and we still need more data on the structure of the layers up there.