Surprisingly Good Allan Creek Riding

We spent the day looking for good riding and old buried surface hoar, we found both. The cooler temps have allowed the snow surface to facet a bit which made for some fun soft riding in places that didn’t have old tracks. Even previously wind loaded slopes had good riding and did not feel slabby. Below treeline we were able to find old surface hoar in our profiles about 40 cm below the snow surface, but it was un-reactive in our snowpack tests. We were not able to find the old surface hoar at treeline. It’s actually a pretty special time to be out, the hazard is low and the riding is surprisingly good if you poke out beyond the trade routes.