Snow shoes are essential for any kind of meaningful travel once you get out of the trees on to the open hillside. The snow was thigh deep and occasionally deeper at 400 metres.
There is a fantastic amount of snow around - just take it steady and think about where you go to play! Climbers.....it's going to take a while -we need a melt/freeze cycle. Skiers....yep there's powder out there - just be careful where you go. I could have worked in 150cm of fresh snow just out of the treeline at 450 metres.
