Chickadee Valley

Rode one of the farthest south facing slide paths up chickadee. Lured in with recent MINs of deep snow on Whymper we decided to see if there was as much snow on the other side of the valley - there was not. That being said the paths actually skied quite well but had to be super careful of sharks. Boot-top powder, HS 60-80cm with a mostly supportive sun/rain? crust 30-40cm down. Dug a quick hand pit on the way up which showed a resistant planar on about 5cm surface hoar. All in all not a bad day in the mountains