Stormy Seaton

La qualité du hors-piste était:

OK

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Affectée par le vent

Nous avons parcouru:

• Pentes de faible inclinaison

Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:

• Pentes raides

La journée était:

• Nuageuse

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

We went sled skiing up Seaton basin today. We saw one new size 2 natural avalanche that’s probably less than 24 hours old. We think this slide was triggered by a cornice failure off the ridge. We toured to the ridge top avoiding slopes that were exposed to cornices, which are large and looming due to the mild temps and continued moderate winds.

We dug a profile just below ridge top on a due north aspect at 1600m. Extended column tests showed two hard propagating shears down 43cm and 50 cm both on facets under a thin crust.

Exposed features were all wind affected to some extent so we skied down in the sheltered mellow trees avoiding steeper features where it could be possible to trigger a wind slab.