Suprise Pass

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Suprise Pass

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Amazing
Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Powder
We rode:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Steep slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Convex slopes
  • Sunny slopes

Information

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

Comments

Amazing skiing today. One of the best turns of the season.

Definitely an early spring start required as the sun did hit hard.

Around -10 at 8am and warmed up to 4 degrees by noon. We could definitely see the humidity in the snowpack on south aspects while the north aspects offered amazing skiing.

The bowl on the approach had a great size 2-3 from a couple days ago and most avalanche paths had already come down from prior warming.

Overall, very stable morning. We didn't see any activities. We didn't notice any wind transport either.