Mashed potato’s

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Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Terrible
Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Heavy
  • Wind affected
We rode:
  • Dense trees
  • Mellow slopes
  • Open trees

Information

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

Comments

Skied off north face of Zoa sub peek, skinned back up and headed home

Snow was heavy like mash potatoes, until 1600m where high winds had ruined any hope for good skiing

Winds blowing from most directions

Heavy snow started around 1pm snowing s3ish and winds had died down

New storm slab will likely be resting on wind slabs from last day or two at higher elevation based on what we saw today

Sorry no photos due to a disappointment in quality of skiing

Stayed in relatively simple terrain and saw no evidence of recent avalanches. Experienced lots of cracking in fresh snow and in small windslabs, no whoompfing