Photo essay: Creamy turns in Cardiff Fork
Adam Symonds finds surprisingly good snow in Cardiff Fork. Photos by Jared Hargrave.
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.
Mason Diedrich skins up to Cardiff Pass as he looks down on Alta.
Sheltered north-facing slopes were promising, but all other aspects were covered in sun crust.
Adam checks out lines on Montreal Hill.
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?
Mason enjoys creamy powder in Upper Mill D South Fork.
Adam rearing to go for another lap in Cardiff.
Mason makes a final afternoon run back to the car.
Even with the low snow-levels so far, the backcountry has the goods.
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