Shames BC Dec 17th

<p>Spitting rain drops in Parking lot that changed to snow flakes before mid chair. Little to no wind today. few cm's of wet fresh at bottom chair that increased to 10-15 of fresh fluff by top t. Light snow for most of day. No whumphs or cracks skinning in fresh snow. Knee deep slogging for new up track areas. Very little sloughing in steeper treeded terrain. No slabs from skiing. Hard to see far, only naturals seen were from steep unskiable rock cliffs at switch back and none heard from back valley. Can still push basket on pole down to crust about 100-120 cm's down. 180-190 cm's total snow mid slope in Cats. Total blower over the shoulder going down both sides of Dogs and Cats ridge. Stayed away from Iron Curtain run out. Snow top becomes slightly wet and packy before back valley bottom. Tower 6-7 complete breaks on sticky snow on way out. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Dense trees, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

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

Snow Conditions

Wet, Deep powder.

Weather Conditions

Wet, Cloudy.