Seaton

La qualité du hors-piste était:

Excellente

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Lourde
• Poudreuse

Nous avons parcouru:

• Pentes alpines
• Forêt dense
• Pentes de faible inclinaison

La journée était:

• Nuageuse
• Chaude
• Venteuse

Conditions d'avalanche

• Augmentation rapide de la température jusqu'à près ou au-dessus de 0°C ou neige mouillée en surface.

Our hackles were up given the recent warming, but few signs of instability were observed throughout the day. The debris from only one natural size 2 avalanche (~24hrs) was observed in the alpine, see photo, appeared to be a storm slab from the last heavy snowfall. We decided not to ski a supported but steep alpine line, instead sticking to low angle/consequence terrain. Many ski cuts and attempting to trigger small features yielded almost no results.

Only one one occassion in a short 10m pitch of 40° at treeline were we able to cut a small storm slab (5mx15cm).

We had a whumpf right at the end of the day on a alpine ridge feature, two skiers.

Tread carefully!