Wolf's Ridge

La qualité du hors-piste était:

OK

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Durcie
• Affectée par le vent

Nous avons parcouru:

• Pentes alpines
• Forêt dégagée
• Pentes raides
• Pentes ensoleillées

Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:

• Pentes convexes

La journée était:

• Ensoleillée
• Chaude

Conditions d'avalanche

• 30 cm + de neige fraîche ou transport important de neige par le vent ou pluie au cours des dernières 48 heures
• Augmentation rapide de la température jusqu'à près ou au-dessus de 0°C ou neige mouillée en surface.

Tuesday: A beautiful day for a hike - Skiing...not so much. Our snowboarder faired better with the severely wind and temperature affected snowpack. However, we did not observe any signs of instability, thankfully. In fact, I expected bad things to happen but we did choose the most well supported terrain to tackle and avoided all overhead hazards and convexities..

Backstory on Monday: Warm temperatures, 10-15 cm of new snow and strong south westerly winds on Monday with near zero temperatures at mountaintop created an dense wind affected snowpack. Skiable in sheltered areas only. Baldy Rocks was challenging to ski on the maintenance shop aspect but still fun. The backside was much better. Most every tree in Kootenay Pass lost its snow! Mother nature was talking.