Elfin Hut/Columnar/Paul Ridge Weekend

Submitted by: dlake
Observations date: Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 17:00
Location: 49.789230° N 122.990230° W
Reporting on: Snow conditions

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:

Snow conditions were:

Crusty
Hard
Powder
Wind affected

We rode:

Alpine slopes
Mellow slopes
Open trees

We stayed away from:

Sunny slopes

Information

The day was:

Cold
Sunny

Comments

Weekend trip to Elfin Lakes Hunt, Columnar peak, Paul Ridge skiing. South/East aspects have a THICK crust with a couple melt-freeze layers, very sun and wind affected. North-facing aspects had boot top powder and made for some sneaky good laps. No signs of movement on any aspect.

Old point releases on south facing aspects of Columnar. Re-frozen blocks of ice now