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Inversion Wednesday

Waterton Visitor Safety, Wednesday 8th March, 2023 3:20PM
<p>A cold morning beneath the inversion line until pushing into warmer temps and sun in the Alpine. 5-10 cm of fresh snow sits on a sun crust that formed from the previous days of clear skies. New surface hoar has formed above last nights inversion line ~2000m and up. Skiing an East aspect we could feel the new sun crust. It was breakable most of the way down to the lake, but it wasn't terrible skiing, just ok. Hazard Rating for today was Mod-Low-Low.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Convex slopes, Steep slopes.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Powder.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Cold, Sunny.

Location: 49.01321000 -114.06323000