Saturday Jan 2nd quick report

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Deep powder

We rode:

• Alpine slopes
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees

We stayed away from:

• Convex slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Stormy
• Windy

Avalanche conditions

• 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Great skiing with strong consideration for slab development and loading of wind transported snow. Cornices are growing and some hard slabs in isolated features were noticed, but majority of terrain saw great low density snow (20-40cm) both in sheltered alpine and below tree line.

1350m open meadow north aspect: HS 165cm, surface hoar down 40cm, December 6 crust down 70cm. The facets associated with this layer are rounding some and clumping together in a clenched fist (but they are still facets..). Multiple storm snow interfaces in the upper snowpack with preserved new snow crystals.