A little new snow

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Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Hard
  • Powder
  • Wind affected
We rode:
  • Mellow slopes
  • Open trees
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Steep slopes

Information

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

Comments

Skied in a bowl up the Windfall road (Bullmoose area). About 5 cm new snow from the previous few days on top of solid crust from the last warmup. More new snow, up to 10 cm on the lee slopes, blown off in the exposed areas. New snow was stuck well to the crust. Temp was +3 and rising.