Dolomite Circuit... it’s gonna get complicated?
bdpiche,
Saturday 8th February, 2025 10:38PM
<p>Big inversion all day, -11 at truck, above zero at 2400. Quite the assortment of potential future problems on dolomite circuit today.
- massive surface hoar BTL in open valleys and road side. Huge feathers! Up to 2150m.
- sun crust on Southwest aspect slopes above 20 degrees. Sun is tracking very western lately, sun crust prevalent to all elevations where not shaded. Particularly bad when added to melt crust
- melt crust pretty much anywhere the inversion got to. Skin track felt like a hot spring day, frozen solid with frozen crusts around it. Ski crampons would have been useful on steeper zones
- wind effect is wild, haven’t been up on 93N in 2 weeks and it looks like we have almost started fresh in high alpine. Oxo looks absolutely blasted, impressed to see people finding lines on it.
Tons of people on backside of Crystal Ridge. Both sides of Sugar Cube skied and a track headed into the middle but not sure above coverage to get in from above.
For those doing the circuit. At the last slide path where there is a Y, do NOT take the right path. It is seriously heinous as it tries to get above the Ice waterfall in Katherine Creek. It takes a very ambitious line directly up the headwall to the lookers right of the waterfall and then heads to summer trail. It then immediately leaves the summer trail and somehow ends up on the left shoulder after crossing the creek yet not with the other track that split earlier, making you really question your sanity. I know it points the right direction, but don’t... just don’t.
Whole area really needs a refresh, the luge track is better then 2 weeks ago, but not by much..</p>
Terrain Ridden
Alpine slopes.
Terrain Avoided
Steep slopes.
Avalanche Conditions
Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.
Snow Conditions
Crusty, Wind affected.
Weather Conditions
Windy, Warm, Sunny.
Location: 51.67604928 -116.39378174