Black queen

La qualité du hors-piste était:

Excellente

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Poudreuse

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.
• Whoumfs ou bruits sourds ou fissures qui se propagent.

We had many settlements (whumphs) while travelling up the south ridge of white queen and had shooting cracks up to 10m from our skis. Saw one size one remote triggered from south ridge of white queen at around 2100m (see photo). The small avalanche was triggered in steep (40 d) east facing terrain.

Did a quick test profile and had ECTP while cutting the block. Failure was in small facets just above the 20201208 freezing rain crust.

We skied lower angle runs at tree line and we’re careful not to expose ourselves to overhead hazard. A touchy day. Things will get much touchier with new snow, wind and warming temps.