New Years Eve

We took a run in Granite Canyon and it was a mixed bag. I dug a snow pit at the top and found the top layer to be a 12 inch soft slab that was bonded fairly well to the rest of the snow pack. The next 3 feet of snow had consolidated much better then anticipated, but I suspect this was sitting on a rotten ground layer.

The run started out great, turned to very rocky and ended with knee deep powder in the trees. The 6 mile traverse out was hell. Rocks, trees, willows, whippers, sidesteps.

I am not going into details because I don't want to relive the experience. Granite serves up some of the best lift access terrain in the world and I don't want to ruin it for future runs.