Steep Ck conditions before the warm up

Submitted by
albertocsanz
Observations date
Monday, March 16, 2026 at 00:48
Location
50.370430° N 122.288570° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Steep Ck conditions before the warm up

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Amazing
Snow conditions were:
  • Deep powder
We rode:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Steep slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Sunny slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Cold
  • Stormy
  • Sunny

Comments

Spent March 14/15 in the Steep Creek area. Skis on from the road, easy and fast access. Lots of groups on Saturday skied Darkside peak runs (NW to NE) and reported no instabilities. We skied North/North West aspects in the alpine, without any signs of naturals, or wind slab anywhere we travelled. Overall great cold powder on NE-N-NW aspects. Steep south aspects got hit by the sun on Saturday and formed a crust. Hand pits on the North bowl at 2000 m had 30 cm of soft uncohesive powder on a crust, giving resistant planer results. Some small features appeared cross loaded and slightly more reactive, so we stayed away from convexities. Chute 56 skied great, with good coverage most of the way down the gully. Sunday had light snow all day from 11AM and by the time we left it continued to snow down to the road.
North Bowl had no signs of wind slab March 14/15
North Bowl had no signs of wind slab March 14/15
North Bowl had no signs of wind slab March 14/15. 30 cm of storm snow sat on a crust - resistant planar on hand pits
North Bowl had no signs of wind slab March 14/15. 30 cm of storm snow sat on a crust - resistant planar on hand pits
Chute 56 skied well - no wind slab
Chute 56 skied well - no wind slab
Exit of chute 56 was sporty, but went all the way without issue
Exit of chute 56 was sporty, but went all the way without issue