Forget ski crampons, need skin wax.

Farley, Friday 13th January, 2023 5:20PM

<p>Warm ski with saturated snow. It was raining lightly at the trailhead but snowing lightly at 1850 m. Wind was very strong. Large pinwheels formed while skiing down. The largest turned into a 1.5 m large snowball that went 50 m down the slope. Snow was heavy! </p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes, Steep slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

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

Snow Conditions

Wet.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Warm, Wet, Windy.

Location: 49.32033000 -114.41543000