Hide and seek

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Hide and seek

Snow conditions

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

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Stormy
  • Windy

Comments

We choose to ride at Treeline due to low clouds and intermittent flurries limiting Alpine visibility. In the trees, we found 30 cm of new, soft snow over a 20 cm thick hard crust. That crust was well bonded to the snowpack so our primary avalanche concern remained the new snow, particularly where westerly winds were loading it onto steep slopes.