Pow, Sun, and rain, we saw it all at Cain

<p>We headed up to Mount Cain for backcountryfest this weekend. On Friday we went for a tour to check conditions, we found the storm had delivered 40cm of beautiful new powder. However by the end of the day it had become quite heavy and moist. The storm snow had settled and refrozen quite well for Saturday leaving some occasionally crusty, but good turns to be found. By Sunday morning the snow was wet on the surface below 1400m, and capped by a 2cm freezing rain crust above 1400m. As the rain continued to come and with freezing levels forecast to continue to rise we headed out early. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Open trees.

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

Crusty, Heavy, Powder, Wet, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Foggy, Sunny, Warm, Wet.