A little bit of everything

Map for Mountain Information Network report: A little bit of everything

Snow conditions

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

Information

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

Comments

A little bit of everything today: powder on high north aspects, rapid warming, pinwheeling and corn (or mush) on solar aspects, some hard crust where the sun hadn’t got to yet and some breakable crust in between. We were able to drive to 1400m and then hit the snowline.