Expensive but worth it

<p>Complex snowpack with lots of spatial variability, typical for this southern Alberta region. We chose SW aspect to keep us warm during our ski tour as well as hoping the warmer snowpack will have had some rounding occur during the day time warmth. Obviously lots of Faceting happening overnight when temps are down to -27. Strong bridge in effect keeping us above the basal facets, hard windslab from a few weeks ago. New snow on top of that making the skiing knee to thigh deep with hardly any wind effect on the new snow. Even in the sunniest place we could fund snow still dry and cold on top, felt like chance of avalanche was low but if one were to pop loose it would probably be massive. We did not trigger anything or observe any naturals of whunphs. Unfortunate end to the day when conservation officers were waiting for us at our truck at 7pm to issue us $155 tickets for riding snowmobile without helmet, 2 of us on one sled just rode 4km of road to approach ski touring area. Also fined for lack of insurance on snowmobile, did not realize the new rules now it’s a park hopefully others can learn from this and not get ticketed like we did</p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Mellow slopes, Convex slopes, Steep slopes, Sunny slopes, Open trees.

Avalanche Conditions

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

Snow Conditions

Hard, Deep powder, Wind affected, Powder.

Weather Conditions

Cold, Warm, Sunny.