Just good turns.

Submitted by
Yukon Field Team
Observations date
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at 20:00
Location
59.706610° N 135.112930° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Just good turns.

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Amazing
Snow conditions were:
  • Powder
We rode:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Open trees

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Sunny
  • Warm
  • Windy

Comments

Just good turns in the alpine and at tree line today.

10cm -20cm low density snow sits on top off the old wind effected surfaces. On south aspects there is a sun crust down 20cm. We didn’t find much wind effect from the past few days. Just good skiing! We felt comfy skiing in bigger terrain while giving cornices a wide berth.

Weather wise, we had broken sky with periods of light north winds in the morning. The winds ramped up later in the afternoon with active snow transport at tree line. Cloud layers rolled in as the north winds picked up. It was -12c in the morning, warming to -4c in the afternoon. The sun was packing a punch.

With warming temps and huge cornices, we chose alpine terrain that gave the cornices a wide berth. For our first run of the day we avoided the convexity in the shaded part of the photo.
With warming temps and huge cornices, we chose alpine terrain that gave the cornices a wide berth. For our first run of the day we avoided the convexity in the shaded part of the photo.
The north winds ramped up and clouds rolled in around 1530.
The north winds ramped up and clouds rolled in around 1530.