Clear skies and crusty snow at Boulder

Riding quality was:

Terrible

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty

We rode:

• Alpine slopes
• Convex slopes
• Sunny slopes

The day was:

• Sunny
• Warm

We went for a rip up Boulder today. We saw a lot of alpine terrain from a distance and didn't see any signs of recent avalanches, other than old, small wet loose debris on steep solar aspects.

There's a thick, supportive surface crust on all aspects to mountain tops where we travelled. Triggering avalanches is very unlikely when a supportive surface crust is present. The likelihood increases if daytime warming melts the crust. We call this spring diurnal conditions.

It was a beauty day for cruising around in the high country.