Mosquito Creek Glades

<p>20-30 cm of storm snow over the last 48 hours was beginning to consolidate into a slab at the tree line. This layer is sitting on a hard crust about 5 cm thick and slid under our skis on a couple occasions, but didn’t propogate. We chose our terrain carefully and skied below the treeline. The new spring snow made for a nice descent despite the underlying crust, although it was getting wet when we returned to the car in the afternoon.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes, Convex slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.

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

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Wet, Wind affected, Powder.

Weather Conditions

Stormy, Cloudy.