Hemlock heaven

<p>Out at Lemon Lake today in the Bull River drainage, we skied a NW facing slope that doesn’t see much sun at this time of year, and enjoyed great, fast powder. We dug a hasty pit at 1600m, revealing a snowpack depth of 160 cm, with a strong crust 45 cm down. We had no significant snowpack test results, while the surface snow stayed dry with the temperature at -4. On the way in to our trailhead, we saw the debris of a Very Large avalanche (Size 3) out of an Alpine Bowl with East to South aspects in the start zone. Ran full path down into the Bull River. Probably a couple of days old, but difficult to say definitively. Note: the Bull River FSR is drivable from the dam for a couple of km but its very slick ice.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Steep slopes.

Snow Conditions

Powder.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy.