From Hair Dryer to Watering Can

Hot dry winds have prevailed over the past week, although the clear blue skies have been a treat. There hasn’t been a freeze since I skied last Wednesday but four of us went out on Saturday morning regardless. The snow was, as suspected, soft and slow. The benefit was the exercise factor and a last chance to ski some slopes that will (or already are) just too dangerous to return to until next winter.

In many places I could ski/walk up hill without skins and the descents were like skiing in slow motion. Maintaining a constant speed and pressure through the sticky slop was interesting to say the least and good exercise to say the best.

With the melt happening even faster below the surface than on top, crossing creeks and large rock crevices is becoming steadily more hazardous. Legs falling through snow into a crevice or skis popping through snow bridges into creeks are not to be taken lightly. Assuming we get another freeze and I get to have another ski this year, I will be only staying in the safest areas and I suspect it will be more drift skiing than touring.

Waz finding the speed and density extremely variable

Marion

It is now more drift skiing than touring

Big slow turns on the face of Signature Hill

All a bit messy - not the pristine, virginal white one might expect

Looking back at Signature Hill

Crackenback on Sunday

High Noon

Eagles Nest and Central Spur

Can any one help elaborate?

It is now raining gently and the dust is settling, while the snow continues to melt.

The forecast is for unsettled conditions throughout the week. You never know but it may just snow on the weekend, as I will be on the coast once again.