Blue River Tour

Riding quality was:

OK

Snow conditions were:

• Hard
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Dense trees
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees
• Sunny slopes

We stayed away from:

• Alpine slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Sunny
• Warm
• Windy

We travelled between 750m and 2100m on all aspect for 3 days. Weather was mix of sun and clouds, light to moderate wind from NW, warm temps. We found wind affected snow all aspect in the alpine, treeline and from 1500m in open BTL. Found reactive wind slabs at ridgetops down 20cm.

Had results on snow profile test (1950m, open BTL, SW aspect, 290 HS):

CTE7 down 20cm SP on crust.

CTM13 down 60cm RP on X-MAS crust.

ECTPV down 60cm BRK on X-MAS crust.