Taylor Zone

<p>Decided to try and beat the heat by heading up behind Taylor lake. There was a strong crust up until 2100m, but above that N/NE aspects held a covering of nice powder snow with no tracks. We skied the lower part of the Bell couloir feature, but didn't feel like playing chicken with the large convex roll, and opted to do a few laps on the moraines, which also held good snow. At around 10 AM the east faces of the nearby steep ridges started getting sun and shedding small amounts of snow. We also observed pretty gusty convective flurries from around boom lake. Interestingly, probing in the zone above the lake had a snowpack that felt like facets on the bottom, but the couloir feature itself didn't have the same feeling (more consistent resistance to the bottom of 1-1.5m hs, old slide debris?). The crust on the lake was starting to break down by 11 AM in the sun.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Mellow slopes, Sunny slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Convex slopes.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Hard, Powder, Wet.

Weather Conditions

Sunny, Warm, Windy.