Spring? (I hope not..)

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Spring? (I hope not..)

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Terrible
Snow conditions were:
  • Hard
  • Heavy
  • Wet
We rode:
  • Mellow slopes
  • Open trees
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Convex slopes
  • Steep slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Warm
  • Windy
Avalanche conditions
  • Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Comments

Need to walk about 2 kms from the parking until there’s enough base to skin. Several mud slides from Wednesday’s rain created a few mud mounds on the road up, now slightly covered with new snow but still soft. All the streams all the way up to the turn off from the road to the trail are exposed and skis need to be removed every time.

Things are skiable from about 1500m and above also in the trees without scuffing the skis. But the snow is hard and wet. Stayed on mellow slopes.

Lots of work for pretty horrible skiing..