Monster in the deep

At Fraser Lake 30 to 40cm soft snow over the January Crust made for fun riding. We are still finding surface hoar over that crust in specific locations, usually on north to east facing slopes. It's reactive in tests with results propagating across the entire block. Heavy snowfall all day was increasing the load on this weak layer. With this in mind we choose to ride mellow features not connected to steep terrain. At Treeline, the forecasted wind didn't show up and we couldn't see into the Alpine. Treeline temperatures were around freezing and the new snow was becoming moist in the afternoon.