What Rain Event?

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Deep powder
• Heavy
• Powder

We rode:

• Dense trees
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees

We stayed away from:

• Alpine slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Warm

The Jan 20 rain event can’t be found above 1500 in the Sukunka/Upper Burnt area. Great pow in the trees and at Treeline. The mountain tops were wicked in but the one good glance I got showed heavily wind scoured rocky ridges on a SW slope. It was between 0 and -1 at 1500m, and the snow was way in full sun. Saw a moderate test result down 25 cm in the snow layers but nothing concerning for where we were.

At 1300 m it was +3 and the snow was wet, with rain/melt crusts down 5 and 8 cm.

Definitely worth going looking for snow if you can get up high in the trees. Heavy pow is still pow!!