McMurdo

La qualité du hors-piste était:

Excellente

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Poudreuse

Nous avons parcouru:

• Pentes de faible inclinaison
• Forêt dégagée

Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:

• Pentes alpines
• Pentes convexes
• Blocs de coupe forestière

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

Back from a few days in McMurdo ski touring; Jan 11-13th. We didn't venture above treeline during the whole trip as visibility and high winds made it unfavourable.

-40-50cms of snowfall over the three days.

-Moderate to strong SW winds at and above treeline with heavy snow transport.

-Lots of trees shedding snow as well as pin-wheeling below 1900m.

-Moderate to Hard, Sudden Planar CT results on the Jan 2 SH layer down 80-100cms.

-With better visibility this morning we saw evidence of a natural cycle up to size 2 from yesterday at and above treeline.

-275 to 300cm HS at 2200m.

It was great to see a healthy amount of snow in this area considering it's still the first half of January!