Surfy Snow at Shames

La qualité du hors-piste était:

OK

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Lourde
• Mouillée

Nous avons parcouru:

• Pentes de faible inclinaison
• Forêt dégagée

Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:

• Pentes alpines

La journée était:

• Nuageuse
• Chaude

Conditions d'avalanche

• Avalanches de plaque datant d'aujourd'hui ou d'hier.
• 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.

Skied a quick Mary's Run. Zero at the base rising to 2 degrees at 12. No precipitation, ridge winds were light from the north. Cornices are looking large. Wet surface grains at the base becoming moist powder by the top of the chair. Ski pen 20cm, foot pen 30cm. At 1000m (Bottom of Mary's) found 180cm height of snow with 30cm moist powder sitting on the most recent rain crust (Jan 10th?). Was fun surfy powder and glad to have brought my 138s. Best run was below treeline on the previous groomed surface with 15cm of new slop. Skis were running fast and smiles were large.

Many new avalanches treeline and alpine. Mostly point releases to Sz 2. Crowns in Thunder and Northbowl. Could not see the deposits. Skiers right of Geronimo ran to 1200m (bottom of the bowl) from a cornice fall. All looked to have run in the recent storm snow.