Schuylkill Ridge

Wind sheltered areas had a soft snowpack with no slab avalanche problem where we traveled. Open areas sometimes had thicker, wind-affected snow, which reduced riding quality. We did avoid some previously wind-loaded slopes right near the ridgeline. 

A little cohesion in the upper snowpack was keeping sluffs from being much of a problem. In wind-sheltered areas, we found a soft snowpack without a slab avalanche problem. The ridgeline in this area didn't see effective wind loading during last weekend's wind event. A few of the more open areas did some loading right near the ridgeline, like the top of Yogies, for example. Otherwise, lower riding quality and thicker wind-affected snow were more common near the ridgeline.