We skinned up the Big Kahuna around lunch to about 1500m, then headed over to Fraser chutes for a quick final lap. A great little day!
On our skin up the big Kahuna, we saw a lot of wind transport happening at the ridge line. We found boot top, light fluffy powder covering the entire face, but it was overtop a very hard surface. This made skinning a little challenging, as the new snow didn't provide good support and often our skis would struggle to get edge grip. Visibility was pretty poor/flat. We didn't notice any snow quality change from the bottom to 1500m.
After our lap on the big Kahuna, we headed over to Fraser chutes for another run. Looking back, we notice a loose dry avalanche had released from the rocks and had covered a lower section of our ski tracks. It must have happened between 1 and 2pm (see the images).
Our lap down the Fraser chutes was very wind scoured and hard, but overlaid with nice soft snow lower down in the trees.
string(34) "Soft and hard snow and sluff slide"
Soft and hard snow and sluff slide
string(34) "Soft and hard snow and sluff slide"
Soft and hard snow and sluff slide
string(34) "Soft and hard snow and sluff slide"
Soft and hard snow and sluff slide
string(34) "Soft and hard snow and sluff slide"
Soft and hard snow and sluff slide