Powder snow does not last long in the spring. Warm sunny afternoons and cold nights have turned Monday's powder into a crust. So yesterday instead of downhill skiing I decided to try riding on top of the crust in my skate skis.
And the crust cruising was great at the lower elevations. But the higher I went into up the mountains the less of a solid crust I found. And on shaded, north-facing slopes I even discovered pockets of powder. So in places I had some tough going on my skinny skate skis. I did find that if I went super fast I sometimes could stay on top of the crust. Sometimes I also hit soft spot and catastrophically stopped. It was an exciting descent.
Today I think I will skate ski at lower elevations!
Patrick
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