Cold Smoke at Cokely

La qualité du hors-piste était:

Incroyable

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Poudreuse abondante
• Affectée par le vent

Nous avons parcouru:

• Pentes convexes
• Blocs de coupe forestière
• Forêt dense
• Pentes de faible inclinaison
• Forêt dégagée

Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:

• Pentes alpines
• Pentes raides

La journée était:

• De tempête
• Venteuse

Conditions d'avalanche

• 30 cm + de neige fraîche ou transport important de neige par le vent ou pluie au cours des dernières 48 heures

Quite the stormy day at Mt Cokely. Access across the Island is quickly improving by the day. 30 cm of snow covers the road at 700 m. We were able to drive the truck a kilometre or so up the Pass Main, and continued on sleds from there.

While access conditions are improving, travel is becoming more challenging. With another 20 cm last night, we are up to ~80 cm(!) sitting on the early December crust. It’s deep out there.

We found a reactive 20 cm storm slab in the new snow. We didn’t have any results on the crust layer at tree line. With that said, we believe the problem might exist higher up where wind transport has scoured slopes to a more trigger able depth.

It was snowing 3-5 cm per hour throughout our day. Winds were moderate gusting strong out of the south. At last, snow conditions are improving on the Island, and just in time for the holidays!