Good conditions on north aspects

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Powder

We rode:

• Alpine slopes

The day was:

• Sunny

Good day out in Haines Pass. We skiied north aspects in Dick creek and found ~10-15 cm of dry powder. 5-10 mm surface hoar had formed to ridge top. Lots of sledders at the popular parking areas. 5-10cm melt freeze crust at lower elevations and solar aspects made for good gliding and was just starting to soften up on our way out at 14:00.

We saw 2-3 deeper slabs that looked fairly recent on lee alpine aspects. 2 of them were north of Nadahinni area in ‘thinner’ snowpack areas and one was previously reported just north of McDonnell peak. This one ran in low angled glaciated terrain which had us thinking twice about a loose plan we had had to head that way...