1/1/11, Stevens Pass

Great day in the hills! Beautiful views, blue sky, chilly temperature, good snow.

Good snow and windjacked snow available on all aspects. A serendipitous meeting with Chris and Mary atop a summit led to some mighty fine shaded turns we'd overlooked. Thanks again!

Surface hoar all over the place, mostly ~1/2", but some larger. Sun may have lightly toasted some of the S-facing flakes. We pulled out one soft slabby sluff (3-6" crown, 10-15' wide, 40' run)  on a N aspect windloaded atop a thin crust. Main snow story was variability, but lots of good snow to be had; ~12"+ fluffy settled powder over a fairly solid base.

Thanks, Alex!