A Moderately Good Time 😎

Riding quality was:

OK

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Alpine slopes
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees
• Steep slopes

We stayed away from:

• Convex slopes

The day was:

• Sunny

We were seeking out sheltered areas for good snow today. They can be found although they are few and far between. A stiff, wind-affected surface makes for challenging skiing and riding in most areas.

We traveled into the Big Y and Big Blue drainages and saw no new avalanches.

We were 'stepping out' today, but still traveled one at a time on steeper features and avoided trigger points for the persistent slab problem -like large open slopes with thin-to-thick (where the snowpack transitions from shallow to deep over a short distance) snowpack.