A Sea of Sastrugi
jamesminifie,
Saturday 8th February, 2025 10:38PM
<p>Hard surfaces abound in White Pass but oh the views!! We could see Fairweather from our vantage today!
-34C at the highway pushed the relatively warmer air (-15C) to 1600m. We did some filming on higher, south facing slopes and it was quite pleasant. A light, gusty at times, south east wind was present most of the afternoon though snow available for transport is not a thing. Surfaces are a variety of wind board with impressively tall waves of sastrugi in places. We did not see, nor hear, nor feel any signs of instability and happily boot packed and edged our way across many old wind slabs on steep convexities. </p>
Terrain Ridden
Alpine slopes, Mellow slopes, Convex slopes, Steep slopes, Sunny slopes.
Snow Conditions
Hard, Wind affected.
Weather Conditions
Cold, Sunny.
Location: 59.63330000 -135.03505000