When it hasn’t snowed in weeks, many skiers (myself included) avoid resorts like the plague. When in-bounds skiing consists of scraping down styrofoam ramps and bruising the knees on icy moguls, the backcountry holds the only soft snow that can be found.
Sheltered north-facing slopes were promising, but all other aspects were covered in sun crust.
We skied into Cardiff Fork with the intention of making laps on Montreal Hill. But the snow on the ridge between Cardiff and Upper Mill D South Fork was spectacular. So we figured, why go anywhere else?
Even with the low snow-levels so far, the backcountry has the goods.
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