Not sure how many of you were out at SSV today, but with 12-15cm across the mountain, there were some great turns this morning and this snowfall did alot to get coverage up to snuff.
Let me start by saying that this day contained some of the best runs I have ever had...both in DD. Glad I went from night shift straight to the mountain and then back for night two, lol.
They were bombing DD all morning so we rode Goats Eye and watched the sluff come down, nothing too substantial so stability looked really good. They sent a few big sluff slides over Practice Cliffs and Diamond Rock so we were looking forward to getting in on that. We had lunch, went to the top, and got on Divide...timing was perfect and we had literally the 2nd line in after they opened it and were the only ones who started at Bre X. Blues sky and peering over the edge it looked REALLY good...the wind had added at least 10-15cms on top of the snowfall.
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The coverage at the entire Bre X ridge was great, lots of spots to drop in, so we did! WAY better than last time, the chutes have a good amount of snow on that crust and it was great turns through them...the first 4 from the drop in were "fresh as f*ck". Coming out of the chutes it was magic. wide open, plenty of pow, no bottom unless you dug real deep and no tracks. Whiteroom and faceshots galore.
Practice cliffs and Diamond rock area was epic, Jay Hill was a tad wind blown and it would quickly go from pow to hard with little visible change so be careful. Downside of Jay hill was again, epic.
The gully has a bit better shape and was full of great snow, with the run out being a little less roller coaster so you can carry all the way to the uphill hike. Second run was also awesome, really put the pedal down, but it was getting a tad chopped out in places.
This snow was what the Dive needed, and although there are still some exposed rocks and a few areas that have been wind stripped, its getting into good form and there are lots of spots to just blast off....caution though, most cliffs still need a bit more as the lips are still rock.
**no pics in the dive...too busy, hahaha. one off goats, one from the hike out of DD**