Gnarnia

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Deep powder
• Powder

We rode:

• Convex slopes
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees

We stayed away from:

• Alpine slopes
• Cut blocks
• Steep slopes
• Sunny slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Stormy
• Sunny
• Warm

Avalanche conditions

• Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
• 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
• Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Another great day in Gnarnia via tracked quad to end of Beta Lake Road (E100). Current road conditions at bottom of post.

Snow: At the end of E100, there is a 1-2” breakable crust with dense, supportive powder underneath. Boot penetration to the knees, but ski penetration 6” or so while skinning. Not bad! The ridge top is wind scoured. We rode Gnarnia trees (N aspect), which was decent powder skiing. Heavier than the February jackpot, but still light enough for fun to be had— no crust! I could penetrate to about 50-60cm with my ski pole. Weather was a mixed bag, but overall felt fairly warm. Sun, cloud, sleet, and light snow through the course of the day. No pit, sorry!

We observed the remains of some natural avalanche action on N and W alpine slopes (see pics) including what looked to be cornice-triggered slides on W Face Little Knuckle and on the slopes below the N Face of Little Knuckle. The latter is a bit of conjecture— large debris were visible at around 1200m below the corniced ridge of the N Face of Little Knuckle. The actual slope that may have slid isn’t visible from Gnarnia… so 🤷‍♂️. We did not feel or see any signs of instability on the slopes we rode in Gnarnia.

Roads: Clear to the start of E100. Patchy to the second washout under the waterfalls… which has a small new wash out! A few rocks had to be moved, but it is passable by quad. Further up on E100 pallet snow bridges are holding up well with 4-6ft snow walls on the exposed creeks.