Slekirks

We skied somewhere in the area. We found some good snow and fine skiing in a south-ish broad open bowl in the alpine. 15cm to 20cm of nice powder over hard crust and no wind effect above 2000m. Punchy zipper crust below that. Barely any snow at 1500m and below. Adjacent basin with similar aspect but considerably steeper path had a 2-3 cm punchy crust even at higher elevations and skiing was barely not sketchy. Lots of debris lower down and in all runouts from the last 2 storms and avy cycles. Keep your edges sharp and make sure you eat all your snacks!!

Overcast with thin clouds for most of the day and no wind.

Generally thin snowpack, but supportive and enough to cover hazards to ski well. The area seems to be thinner than Rogers Pass. Less than 1m in most places probed around tree line, except some wind loaded features. Top of moraines, ridges and some steep features above tree line had as little as 50cm. A few open creeks at treeline.