We've had enough of the (melt) freezies, bring on the snow cones!

<p>With new snow in the forecast we headed to Elk Mountain to get a grip on the crust layer being buried. The Elk Main was plowed up to the braid at kilometre 3 where we hoped on our snowmobiles. Seems like active logging is occurring at Km 1.5 & past Km 3. Low visibility, flat light, icy conditions, overheating engines and a creek made for an adventurous ascent. The road became more wind affected the higher we climbed so at 1100 m we strapped on our two planks. Travel was edge-able and fast on the skin track, ski pen was <1 cm. The storm arrived at 1130 and increased in severity as the day went on with light South East wind blowing the snow around. We noted pinwheeling on all aspects from the last few warmer days but no new avalanches to report (visibility was poor keep in mind). Our surface crust is 5 cm thick, with dry snow underneath, air temperature was -3 at 1600 m. Survival skiing was the name of the game. The snow was grabby and wanted to throw you off balance with every turn. Good news is we can confirm its snowing again! </p>

Terrain Ridden

Convex slopes, Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Hard.

Weather Conditions

Foggy, Stormy.