spring skiing

Spent two days in Upper Spruce Creek, skied Vinegar and Forster. 
 

• Weather
  -Spring-like, occasional sunshine, occasional blizzard conditions. 
• < 5000'
  -4-6" of new, wet, dense snow 
  -cohesive enough to glop on skins
• >5000'
  -12"-18" of new, light density snow (slightly upside down in the 6000-7000' range)
  -No obvious signs of instability
  -Some windslab formation present on ridgelines
  -Bouts of moderate gusts transporting surface snow (see photo)
  -Sluffing on steeper rollovers, otherwise, new snow seemed to adhere well to underlying crust
• No signs of natural activity anywhere when allowed the visibility. 
• Skied North aspect of Vinegar, West aspect of Forster- great skiing on springtime pow