The hunt for powder continues!
Even though it hasn’t been classically stormy, there seems to have been enough flurrying to load up a few backcountry zones. Based on the latest few forecasts and Snotels, the far north sounded the most promising, so we loaded up Xterrible and trekked up to Cameron Pass. It’s in nice shape. As long as it keeps flurrying off and on there should be plenty of soft tree-skiing for everyone!
The alpine zones looked dubious. The sun briefly peaked out and revealed alternating patches of wind scoured snow and wind loaded snow. The snow at treeline was loaded with a couple of layers of slab, each around an each or two thick, leading me to guess that the slabs midway up the Diamonds were probably much thicker and more temperamental. The snow below treeline seemed mostly safe, especially since much of it is either low angle and not connected to more dangerous slopes.
