Back Adder’ in 2026

Riding quality was:

OK

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty
• Heavy
• Wet

We rode:

• Alpine slopes
• Convex slopes
• Dense trees
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees
• Steep slopes
• Sunny slopes

The day was:

• Foggy
• Sunny
• Warm

We took advantage of our current (and rare these days) low elevation snow line for a tour up Mt Adder Mountain on a beautiful sunny New Year’s Day.

Travel up the drainage in the old growth was decent, it was mashed potatoes until we got out of the canopy up high. At treeline and above, a 2 cm breakable crust is widespread on the surface. Ski quality was ok(ish). We did not see any signs of instability.