Post by steve on May 26, 2021 14:58:57 GMT -9
When the days are long and the forecast is "no wind, no rain" for a few days Its a great time to Ski the high country above Sargent Creek. A small group of us spent Sunday, Monday and Tuesday camping and skiing runs off 4th of July and 3300 then we toured out to the Cope Mtn trail.
The snow pack is freezing hard every night so your strategy is to ski the East facing slopes in the morning and move to the South then West as the sun thaws the crust and corns up. It's a matter of timing, if you ski to early it's icy if you wait to long the snow softens up to slush and the steeper slopes tend to sluff and can easily take you with it. Kodiak has a good snow pack this year so hopefully we will be sking in July.
The snow pack is freezing hard every night so your strategy is to ski the East facing slopes in the morning and move to the South then West as the sun thaws the crust and corns up. It's a matter of timing, if you ski to early it's icy if you wait to long the snow softens up to slush and the steeper slopes tend to sluff and can easily take you with it. Kodiak has a good snow pack this year so hopefully we will be sking in July.
