Report from February 15, 2024

We didn’t see a single other person out there today.

Not another cosmic soul…

We played peek-a-boo with the lake all day.

Powder slash, lake view, tree skiing, lake view, chute, lake view.

The snow was dense and heavy and got heavier as the day went on.

There was about 4-8″ of new snow on average.

We generally stuck to north and east aspects.

The terrain we skied was varied and damn fun.

We skied 2 laps and racked up 4,000-vertical-feet of skiing.

Sunrise on the lake was a top 5 according to Fox.

Our avalanche hasty pit tests revealed 3 different failure layers in the new snow up high all breaking moderately to easily with Q2 (average) sheers.

This kept us out of consequential terrain, especially up high.

Down lower there was less snow and wind loading and we pushed it a bit more.

Our crew of Dobbs, Smarty, Fox, and Noah was about as good as it gets.

Thanks to the great crew and thanks, California!

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