Crumble Humbled

<p>Building on a destination we've only ever accessed on skis, we thought we'd push ourselves to punch a trail up the Crumble Mountain ridge on sleds today. Hard work in tricky coastal terrain! We made it to treeline before the clock got the better of us but the remainder looks very doable. As for conditions, we found 45 cm of beautiful, light, dry powder on all aspects (a bit heavier as the day warmed up), topped by a thin crust on sun-exposed slopes. The crust would have been quite friendly to skis as the day warmed. All this storm snow sat on a burly, 20 cm crust with moist to wet snow below it. The bond to the crust is good and this interface didn't pop out in our snowpack tests. A 30 cm-deep mid-storm interface did however give minimal (moderate, resistant) results. All in all we were stoked to find this awesome powder sitting and waiting for us after recent cool temps and we're thinking a bit about the potential for wind slab formation if a strong enough wind gets at the snow that isn't stuck beneath surface crust. Gold River direct radio channel should be used on the Ucona Main, which has a bunch of work rigs scattered along it.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Dense trees, Mellow slopes.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Deep powder.

Weather Conditions

Sunny, Warm.