Sea to sky gondola area

<p>Toured from gondola to end of road and up gully to edge of bowl underneath Ledge. Snow quality up high was very good, about 10cm low density storm snow sitting on compacted older storm snow. No noticable crust while riding. Dug pit at about 1400m on N aspect, no clean sheer results from column test. Below treeline, no signs of avalanche activity. In alpine bowl, saw many crown lines, probably a few days old, from storm or wind loading. Point releases on solar aspects picked up in late afternoon when sun came out</p>

Terrain Ridden

Steep slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes, Sunny slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.

30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Snow Conditions

Heavy, Powder.