The SuperSoaker Five Thousand and Forty

Riding quality was:

Terrible

Snow conditions were:

• Wet
• Wind affected

We stayed away from:

• Alpine slopes
• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Foggy
• Stormy
• Wet
• Windy

Avalanche conditions

• 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.

Summary of conditions at 5040 peak 22-24 Feb:

Ascended 22 Feb in torrential downpour. Snowpack (and us) soaked from valley bottom to summit. Strong winds from the SW. Many natural sz 1 slides on step slopes appeared to have occurred the night prior when the snow transitioned to rain around Cobalt Lake.

23 Feb saw continuing rains but at a much reduced rate. Rains let up around noon. Heavy wet snow / rain started up at 4pm and into the night. ~10cm of wet snow by the morning of the 24th. Strong to extreme winds from the SW on ridge tops.

Skier supportive crust above 1300m. Sloppy coastal oatmeal below on the 24th. Strong to extreme winds from the SW on ridge tops. Heavy snowfall began at 1pm mixed with rain.

Water pooling atop lake ice (see triple peak lake image) and many open creeks below 1200m.