Mount Rae East

Walked and biked up to 2300m. A size 2.5 wet loose from the previous week and much pin wheeling and small sloughs made it hard to find good skiing in steep terrain in the main north bowl. I went to the north slopes to the east of the main bowl. Made it to 3150m. There was a size 3 that wiped out the area a month ago but the snow surface had mostly recovered. The crust was quite burly and I bootpacked above 2600m. I needed boot crampons, as it was hard to kick step up the crust on any slope steeper than 30dergrees. Cold day with strong north winds and on and off snow, with rain at road level. Above 2800m there was 10cm of wind slab on the crust that was bonding well.. The isloated pockets of 20cm wind slab above 2950 was more reactive with some grapel and low density snow of the crust. Good corn skiing below 2400m and managed to skied down to 2200m. You might find better skiing on lower angle terrian where there is less Avi debris.