After getting back from Fernie we went to hit up some more laps near Crowfoot Glads and on the Helen Lake ridge area again. Crowfoot was holding some really stellar snow and made for nice turns.
The following day Don and I went up to check another chute we were wanting to do off of the NE side of the Helen ridge. We went to check out our old tracks to try to get an idea of how much wind transport there had been and off the top our old tracks were filled in. Much different conditions wise this time. Travel along the ridge resulted in wide spread whoomfing and settlements. I also managed to remote trigger a size 1-ish slide from about 40 metres away. We also had some of the smaller side slopes release quite easily. Many shooting cracks ect...needless to say we ended up not skiing the chute we were after. I had one crack shoot out from my skis (on purpose) and it released a length of cornice about 30 metres long. Touchy stuff.
2 days after that (day after Crowfoot) Sean, Jason, Don and myself went up the southish shoulder on Dolomite Peak. Travel on the ridge top in the alpine was a repeat of the days previous. Many more huge settlements in the snowpack. We ended up skiing back down the ridge, which held some really nice turns, and did 2 laps in the "fun pad" on good snow. Jason got the rebate on a double drop he bailed on last time up, and ended up hitting it as a single drop. Nicely done!
Headed up to Parker ridge today and had some ok turns on wind hammered snow. We did manage to find some decent wind buff to ski, however getting out of there was a tooth chattering affair.
Looking forward to getting out tommorrow. Maybe check out some colouirs possibly, or there's a nice bowl to be had aswell. Should be good.
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