Mt. Field Ski Tour

<p>Followed an old set of tracks from the Monarch parking lot and took the skier's short-cut route directly west of the Spiral Tunnel lookout, up past the lake and across the two main slide paths. Continued west to the waypoint shown on the map. Decided not to attempt the summit due to fatigue and instead skiied back toward the lake following our skin track and then proceded north through the open trees back to Yoho Road. Snow quality all the way down to Yoho was fantastic, ranging from ankle to calf deep in some areas. Snow on the ski out was much wetter making for a bit of slog on the way out. No signs of instability throughout the day other than minor localized sloughing on the uptrack. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes, Convex slopes.

Snow Conditions

Heavy, Powder.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Warm, Windy.