Cold clear blue day with an ethereal cloud providing a snow globe effect up high. Surreal world of white and ice with a solid 1/8"+ of ice uniformly covering everything plastered with the 6" of superlight that fell when the temperature dropped after the rain/ice storm.
Started skinning from the sparkly pass.
Glazed
Frost Giants in a World Of White.
The BC is opening for business. It was cold but calm, we set a skin track and took a couple of laps. Incredible atmospheric snow on the ridgeline that seemed to appear out of nowhere and significantly colder despite no breeze. A solid 1' of base locked up with a fairly stout crust that was supportable but breakable if not delicate with turns. 6" of light powder on top provided the float. Needed to either slide turns or just hammer and crude bust. There is a moose poaching skintracks up there.
Beautiful day to be out Got out Sunday too at Mt Ellen, windswept, funky crusty icy with pockets of drifted snow. Should have headed back N but wanted to avoid extra 1.5hr drive home. The drainage ditches skied well.
