Lodgepole

We drove to 42.5 km of the Lodgepole and skinned up to our pit location at about 1900 m. After a little snow scienceing we skinned up further before pulling skins and skiing back to the truck. Snow conditions were good with boot top powder and good lines to be had in mellow open areas avoiding running into burnt trees and deep expert-level sled tracks. We saw some natural avalanche activity that was probably from yesterday caused by wind slabs creating size 1.5 in steep rocky terrain. Other than logging trucks, we had the zone to ourselves.

The top 25 cm was unconsolidated snow. Below that there was 40 cm of consolidated. Down 65 there was a series of crusts that reached down to 80 cm below the surface. From 80 to 120 cm there was another layer of consolidated snow. The snowpack then progressively lost consolidation from 120 cm to the ground but appeared to be slowly gaining strength.