The mohair tax

Gum boots till ~1400m and then a very shallow skin till ~1600m where the snow depth improves rapidly with elevation. The lasts storms snow skied great and we saw no new avalanches or signs of instability. The ski out down the road was the biggest hazard of the day which was exciting on tiered early season legs and definitely bad for our edges.

Hasty pit dug just below the ridge at 2200m, open alpine bowl, on an E aspect HS: 110cm The new snow was F-4F down 35cm, followed by a 10cm crust with the remainder of the snowpack P-P+ to the ground. The lightest of wind effect in isolate immediate lee features at ridge top. The winds were increasing as we left.