Deeeep sledding and skiing to the west.

<p>We skied north and south aspects today and found a variety of interesting things in the upper snowpack. Moderate south winds were actively forming new wind slab above treeline. We skied steep, south facing glades that had a stout sun crust buried under 30cm of low density powder. It skied quite good and the slab/sun crust combo was not reactive to skis. We skied a steep, north facing pillow line above an open creek and found a very reactive storm slab sitting on surface hoar that likely formed last Sunday. This problem only seemed to reach elevations about 50 vertical meters above the creek. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Open trees, Steep slopes, Sunny slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

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

Snow Conditions

Powder.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Sunny, Windy.