Beadnell beauty

AvCan Vancouver Island , Friday 28th February, 2025 2:15PM

It was up to Mount Beadnell area today for a ski lap on what we are affectionately calling “Lakeview Ridge” above Beadnell lake. Our day started with pounding up the icy whoops, then around the lake it smoothed out, however the melt freeze crust on the surface became intermittently breakable. As we toured up the ridge we found that this crust was 1 to 5 cm thick and travel was pretty fast. The surface crust extends all the way into the alpine. On the way back down we found that solar aspects had become perfect corn skiing, and below 1100 m was back to melty isothermal snow. All in all a beautiful day above the clouds.