Lots of crust but powder if you work hard enough

Submitted by
tarfeef101
Observations date
Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 22:00
Location
50.313800° N 122.349620° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Lots of crust but powder if you work hard enough

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Amazing
Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Powder
We rode:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Mellow slopes
  • Open trees
We stayed away from:
  • Convex slopes
  • Sunny slopes

Information

Avalanche conditions
  • Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

Comments

super crusty on the way up, road was like 15cm of dense snice, a few open creeks but not enough to make it miserable, just annoying.

overgrown roads not ready yet, nor are the slide paths on caspar (our original plan). went deeper to some unnamed peak north of snowspider. at 1700m started getting a decent dust on the crust, and above the 1750m lake to about 2100 where we turned back, north aspects held some nice, dry powder

caspar creek fsr has some holes, but not too many
caspar creek fsr has some holes, but not too many
overgrown roads are NOT ready
overgrown roads are NOT ready
everything and the kitchen sink slid over the week. a lot of wet loose and some big slabs as well
everything and the kitchen sink slid over the week. a lot of wet loose and some big slabs as well
most of the alpine skiing was good, a few sunny spots got a punch crust but nothing terrible
most of the alpine skiing was good, a few sunny spots got a punch crust but nothing terrible
alpine coverage was better than expected, north aspects here got good wind loading, but no instabilities noticed
alpine coverage was better than expected, north aspects here got good wind loading, but no instabilities noticed
isolated pockets got loaded deep
isolated pockets got loaded deep
awesome, low angle turns were eventually found
awesome, low angle turns were eventually found
great skiing on the new snow
great skiing on the new snow