sunshine ride Gondola ride Standish slack country Off-Trail skiing on

Bluebird day -5C no wind . Ski pen 20 cm. Boot pen to ground up to 80 cm. Absolutely no sign of avi instability. One shark nibble. Open creek drainages below treeline which added interest to the skiing. The snow was supportive and fast, with extremely large surface hoar in the alpine. The snow sang us a little tune as we cranked our turns.

1 to 3 cm surface hoar only in the alpine

We did 3 laps down to Larix and grizzly lakes from the south end of twin Cairns . The glades had one steep roll and the best lines through the tight trees were the creek drainages . I found the burn above grizzly to be a little tight and a little steep.

top of the glades to Larix lake

Enjoying the alpine

Roy and Ed all smiles in the warm sunshine

Ed, Roy and Peter end of the uptrack

Peter, Ed, and Roy ready to ski

Thanks to Chris for the wonderful photos and to Peter for his snow smarts.

Statistics 11km, 6 hours, elevation gain 640 m , elevation loss 830 m

Participants: Ed, Roy, Chris, Peter,