Windy Weather

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Windy Weather

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Good
Snow conditions were:
  • Hard
  • Powder
  • Wind affected
We rode:
  • Mellow slopes
  • Open trees
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Steep slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Windy
Avalanche conditions
  • Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
  • 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Comments

Core Lodge greeted us with lots of blowing snow and fresh grooming. We rode the front, east side, into the bowl by Terminator Mountain. In the Alpine, we observed a few recent wind slabs, up to size 2, likely 12 to 48 hours old. We dug a test profile at Treeline and found a well consolidated snowpack that did not produce any test results. The deepest pockets of powder we found were in the trees away from the strong winds.