On the north slope, the road (Hwy 150) conditions are passable to about the 9,000' elevation or mile marker 39, before things get fairly snow packed with roughly 9" of snow on the road. Recommended that riders unload lower down on the road as places to turn around are very limited. The recent storm has started to smooth-out some of the rough terrain.
This snow pit is fairly representative of higher elevation north facing terrain with weak snow near the ground.
The best riding and turning conditions are found on smooth low angle north facing slopes.
Much of the terrain out there that faces southeast through southwest is still thin and rocky.
Even with this last storm many slopes still do not have the snow coverage or connectivity.
The moderatley strong winds today were blowing snow onto the high elevation start zones on north facing slopes.
