Malakwa

A sunny day! Not a cloud from horizon to horizon. A rare event this winter. The downside was that it was really cold and really windy.

Malakwa is still open for now. It's anyones guess as to how long this situation will last for. We intended to drive to the usual parking spot at 15 but were forced to stop a couple of kilometers short of our destination. There had been very high winds overnight and a combination of drifting snow and a small slide had covered a 50 meter section of the road. It was really tempting to try to push through with the tire chains on. However, there were bigger vehicles than ours already parked below the blockage. We weren't going to be the first to try it.

We skied from where we were and didn't mind the extra few kilometers. We didn't venture too far from the road. Due to the strong winds the snow conditions varied from bullet proof slab to nice fluffy powder all depending on the aspect.

Despite it being a nice sunny day I didn't take a single photo. Too cold.