Frigid sounds

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Conditions de neige

La qualité du hors-piste était:
OK
Les conditions de neige étaient :
  • Poudreuse
  • Affectée par le vent
Nous avons parcouru:
  • Pentes alpines
  • Pentes de faible inclinaison
Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:
  • Pentes raides

Information

La journée était:
  • Froide
  • Ensoleillée
  • Venteuse
Conditions d'avalanche
  • Whoumfs ou bruits sourds ou fissures qui se propagent.

Commentaires

Skinned up towards feather bowl. Initially we were quite optimistic about ride quality as the snow underfoot was soft and fluffy, buckle deep pow. We noticed some signs of slabbiness around the notch in the gully on the way up. As we approached the back bowl, we noticed some more consolidation in the surface snow. We then had some shooting cracks and quite a few large whoompfs. We didn't stick around to investigate because it was frigid. It was an easy decision to turn back and ski mellow slopes on the way out. This would have been more fun on freshly waxed skis that would glide on the cold, dry snow more easily. Beautiful but frigid day out.