Braaaping in Barnes

We had a great, sunny day skiing and sledding in the Corbin area. As we traveled through the terrain, we observed numerous old storm snow crown lines—likely from last week's storm—on all aspects in the alpine. We also noted several older loose wet avalanches, likely the result of the recent warm weather. Given the heat, we expected to see some natural loose wet avalanche activity today. However, occasional cloud cover and a light southwest wind (gusting to moderate at ridgetop) helped keep the snow surface cool, and we didn’t observe any new avalanche activity. At treeline and in the alpine, the top 10-15 cm of the snowpack was moist on almost all aspects, but the snowpack below was supportive and well consolidated. We skied a sheltered N aspect slope, and the snow on the surface was trending moist, but still skied like cold pow (wahoo!) It was a perfect spring day with our highest temp recorded being 9 degrees at 2000m at 15:00. The coverage on the Corbin trail network is fantastic for this time of year. We were able to park at the Corbin parking lot and sledded on snow the whole way in. Thanks to the Fernie Snowmobile Association for a great season, we appreciate everything you do!