Tall Tales in the Prince of Wales

sportnewk , Monday 3rd March, 2025 9:15PM

Skied at Cain over the weekend and H’Kusam on Monday. Sat/Sun at Cain: Saturday’s afternoon rain changed to snow overnight. 10cm of wet snow fell above 1350m. Sunday’s warm temps triggered natural slides (sz 1) on all aspects in the N, W and E bowls. These ran on the firm crust underneath for varying lengths. See image for example. By mid afternoon Sunday most alpine slopes had slid and anything that didn’t was very sloppy and wet. Monday at H’Kusam: Pleasantly surprised to find dry snow on N facing terrain above 1400m. Anything exposed to Sunday’s sun had a ski breakable 1cm crust. Evidence of sz 1 slides from Sunday similar to what was seen at Cain but to a lesser extent. See image for example.