It’s a Mountain Field Day!

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty
• Powder

We rode:

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

We stayed away from:

• Convex slopes

The day was:

• Cold
• Sunny

Skied Mt Field today, arrived at the parking lot to -14, and snow S-1 under valley fog. VF ceiling was 2000m, under which 10mm SH is prominent, up to 20mm at the ceiling. Above this, there is a 3mm 1F MFCR at the surface, and glorious, glorious sunshine! Some evidence of prior avalanche activity on the headwall, Sz 1 windslabs with only the hints of a crown.

Dug a pit at High Noon; please refer to beautifully hand-plotted details attached. 30cm of F to 4F DFs and facets overly a well supported midpack composed of 1F faceting rounds and, lower down, P and P+ roundy rounds. Probed HS of 280, some variability nearby but not significant.

The Jan 3rd SH layer is decomposing at this elevation and produced ECTX x2.

Skiing was a little hooky in the summit pitch; once under the headwall, conditions improved and were especially quite fun in the shimmering surface hoar at treeline and below.

Tanuary continues!