Deep

Submitted by
JIMM5
Observations date
Saturday, December 27, 2025 at 15:00
Location
49.669460° N 114.626620° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Deep

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Amazing
Snow conditions were:
  • Deep powder
We rode:
  • Dense trees
  • Mellow slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Convex slopes
  • Steep slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cold
Avalanche conditions
  • 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Comments

30+ last night. Calm/light winds. The thin rain crust from Christmas Eve is noticeable with a pole until 1900m and then it’s so thin or non-existent. Great skiing in the dense trees, but too much snow on lower angle areas that made for some wallowing in the flats. The snowpack feels right side up and 150+ cm in the trees. At 2000m on a forested ridge there started to be some cracking so we turned around.
Some wind drifting on ridges in the trees.
Some wind drifting on ridges in the trees.
Some old debris here from this week from off the cliff face on the left.
Some old debris here from this week from off the cliff face on the left.