Surprise Pass

La qualité du hors-piste était:

Excellente

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Croûtée
• Poudreuse

Nous avons parcouru:

• Pentes alpines

La journée était:

• Nuageuse

Conditions d'avalanche

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

Skied surprise pass today. Snow was wet and isothermal up to around 1900m. Above 1900m we found around 10-15cm of light snow on top of a supportive crust. Travel was fast. The ski down exceeded expectations and we found the same 10-15cm of light surface snow covering a crust and old ski tracks which made for a very enjoyable ski down. Again below 1900m on the way down the snow became fairly heavy and crusty.

Temps started at -4 at the car around 0830 and felt pretty consistent as we climbed up into the alpine, perhaps a bit colder in the alpine. Back at the car at noon temps were around +4-5 degrees. Skies were cloudy all morning and it started snowing lightly as we reached the alpine as well. Wind was more or less non-existant.

In the alpine we noted some recent sluffing off of mostly solar aspects, but no recent slab avalanches. The snowpack also felt very stable both on the way up and on the way down.