Nak Shoulder

Riding quality was:

OK

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty
• Heavy
• Powder
• Wet

We rode:

• Dense trees
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees
• Sunny slopes

We stayed away from:

• Alpine slopes
• Convex slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Sunny
• Warm

Avalanche conditions

• Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Lots of new snow from recent storm cycle with about 20cm from the night before. Lots of wind loading in the clearings. Sun came out and temperatures rose to above zero for the afternoon making for some wet, heavy, and questionable conditions.

Around 1800 the snow was still powdery, heavy and wet below 1600, then began forming a few cm crust below 1400 as it cooled off at sunset while we made our way back onto pipeline.