No Socks Ridge

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Snow conditions

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

Information

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

Comments

Lots of loose dry powder from the recent storm over a hard wind-affected layer in exposed areas in alpine/treeline. Set off quite a few little sluffs in steeper sections, but nothing propagating much and sluffs were restricted to recent storm snow. Nice skiing in the trees.