Big Green Tank

Ratcheted back our plans today with poor visibility, difficult driving, increased avalanche hazard, and cold weather. Ran the snowmobiles for the first time this season, so used protected trails and forest to dust them off, do some checks, and practice some skills. We found fantastic powder on the trails around the big green tank, Lundigan Drive. 30 cm of low density new snow sitting over the rest of this weeks snow fall. We found an average snow depth of 135 cm in protected forest at 330 m. Not a lot of evidence of much wind, but suspect Alpine and Ridgetop to be a much different situation. An awfully lot of snow probably getting moved around and available for transport in the Alpine, but we did not get eyes on it today. A good day to stick to mellow slopes and protected riding, and the goods are there to be had. One other hazard we noted was open water holes and streams.