Needle

<p>Good day out around needle. Skied the north and south bowls. South bowl had a semi-breakable crust and was wind affected which made for difficult skiing. The north bowl was much better and had some soft snow, but it was getting heavy. The warm weather has turned much of the snow up to about 1500m into cement. There does not seem to be enough coverage in the trees to really send, but you can certainly travel on it. Did not venture over towards flatiron but it looked pretty wind scoured.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Dense trees, Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Convex slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Hard, Heavy, Wet, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Warm.