Tablelands tromp and truck tour.

With consistent snow and wind over the last week, we headed out to the Tablelands to get a sense of snow coverage and wind loading. We brought skis just in case, but there isn't a good base over the rocks. There was enough snow to skin in, but any descending would have been treacherous and we couldn't see much in the storm, so our outdoor observations were limited to a quick hike in our boots. On the edge of steep gully walls we found deep, wind drifted snow that cracked around our boots and fell off in chunks. In these small features with lots of ground roughness still showing there was little danger to us, but if we had ventured up to a larger, steeper slope like Trout River Bowl, we expect that it would be more filled in and a large avalanche would be possible.