Soft and supportable skiing conditions. In very exposed alpine terrain, winds had scoured down to the old rain and melt freeze crusts. Off aspects hold very little snow with the only game in town being upper elevation almost true North and maybe Northeast aspects. Roughly 40-60cm of snow in this terrain.

So good to be out in the mountains. We weren’t alone in that sentiment as we saw hikers, sledders, ski-moers, and trick skiers riding the rails and pulling aerials off jumps. Same goes for the early sighting of the ermine who was still holding patches of grey/brown rather than all white...perhaps hesitant still to let go of autumn.