Blunt Creek Exploration

We’re still avoiding most of the alpine, as it looks fat and wind-loaded from recent storms and strong winds. Riding in wind sheltered areas at and below treeline remains excellent. Heading into the weekend, there’s a Special Public Avalanche Warning in effect. While the riding is good, the snowpack needs time to settle, especially in wind loaded alpine terrain. Don’t let the lure of good snow draw you into bigger features that aren’t ready yet. Today, we found the snowpack slightly deeper than the regional average, with 215 cm at 1600 m. Mild temperatures left the storm snow moist up to around 1600 m, but it’s dry higher up. Our test results were unremarkable, but we’ve spent little time in the alpine, where the real problem is. It’s been blowing hard out of the south recently, so there are likely some large, loaded slopes lurking up high. TL;DR: Riding in the trees is awesome, but steer clear of those big alpine slopes until they’ve had more time to settle.