All trails starting to get pounded, as well as the typical hills, lots of riding left if you just open your eyes, even in the popular spots. Got 10 cms of new snow this weekend, not a lot, still hitting old tracks underneath. Hero snow for sure.
Snow conditions were stable in the pit I dug, very much supported by the CAC forecast, but the loose snow on top was still sloughing off, so still need to use caution when riding across alley's or terrain traps as it can build up. If it stays really warm, big stuff could start ripping out. Sat was cloudy and +3 at 8 am and soft, Sunday was clear and about -6 at 8 am and rock hard.
Its spring riding for sure starting now when the skys are clear, brick hard in the AM, barely softened by 10, then daytime temps really ramp the solar heating, gets soft by about 2-3 and then you are dropping skis down low (below about 4000 ft). Plan on riding hard and fast from about 10 til 2, then start to head back to the truck. If you go to Quartz you should be OK for coming down later in the day, as a solid packed trail will probably hold up better. The snow line was about 5500 ft, will stay good for a couple weeks if the temps cool. Was about 9 C on sunday when we left.
