Black Tusk Area

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Heavy
• Powder

We rode:

• Mellow slopes
• Open trees
• Sunny slopes

We stayed away from:

• Alpine slopes
• Convex slopes
• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Warm

Avalanche conditions

• 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

This area has been absent MINs for too long!

We skied a few runs on the South facing, open trees below the Tusk (Fatmap lists a route called "East Knob" in the area). We had great snow until about 1 pm before it got heavy enough to head to areas with more shade.

In one picture attached, there appears to be a sizeable cornice fall on the N aspect of Panorama ridge. We also found large amounts of surface hoar up to 1950 meters (more + larger feathers as you descend to the meadow) that didn't evaporate during the day.

For those wondering, the lake still looks suspect to cross with what looked like wet patches out near Sentinel Bay but we did see a skin track leaving from Garibaldi lake campsite headed toward Sphinx bay- we aren't sure how far they made it as Panorama ridge was blocking the way