Went up Quartz Ridge in SSV backcountry as a party of 4 and rode the Col Inbetween Quartz hill summit and Quartz ridge. (2504m)
Travel up until the start of the ridge traverse was well packed in. Approx 6-12cm of low density snow sitting at top of a supportive crust. (2230m)
Snow below ridge was great and felt stable, up until topping out where the wind effect was highly noticeable. (2300m-2500m)
Light to Moderate winds held steady on ridge top.
No notable pockets of windslab observed/triggered
Quartz hill Summit block looked to be quite wind swept. Some of steep snow sections appeared to be pretty hardpack/bulletproof
Skiing was great all the way back to the meadows.
Sunny, cold day with moderate solar input. Temps held around -5 to -3 up until peak afternoon,where the warming was more notable in the snow.
