Observation: Salt Lake

Almost didn't get out of the truck because of the wind, but I knew once I got into the forest it would be fine.

Went to the Monitor's today. Travel was ok on the approach, but still surprised by the lack of snow, or none existent snow in some places. New snow has settled out to only a few dense inches. On the ridges it is scoured, with many hard wind drifts. I rode West Monitor. The first few hundred feet had a soft wind crust, but then turned into nice settled powder all the way to the valley bottom. Exit run is fine up high, but a fair amount of dirt/ice walking back to the road.