Headed up to see the after effects of a big Saturday.
Forty or so tracks in plain view.
Plenty of snow testers exploring all aspects.
Greybird day and temperatures finally cooling off with the incoming front.
Took full advantage of the stability and headed left middle gully for the first time all year.
One might even call it a, gasp, SKI CUT!!!
Just kidding, can’t help myself.
The snow was settled and surfy, no movement at all the run.
Still some reef in the roll over gullies, but finally getting covered.
Otherwise don’t bother.
CMHing through these areas will get you pounded.
Found good snow in the Forgotten Trees, shaded north facing, it provided good knee-deep pow skiing.
Hit the lower cliff band in the trees and fractured a 20 foot circle of snow.
Just collapsed, didn’t run but stopped me dead in my tracks.
Found an undisturbed tree pocket next door to my landing to do a quick CT test and snow profile.
38 degrees, north facing, untouched.
Again not too much difference in the snow profile from other recent pits.
10 cms of fresh snow of 55 cms of slighlty denser old storm snow.
At the bottom the less than fist density 3 mm facets still there to the ground.
105 cms total depth, -3 C air temp, -1C snow surface temp.
CT column results were a little different from a couple of days ago.
CT-2 Q1 at 95 cms.
Old snow/new snow interface, just the top fluff.
CT-17 Q3 at 35 cms.
Again within the 3mm facets, but ragged and uneven.
Just lots and lots of tracks.
