Powder Fever

La qualité du hors-piste était:

Incroyable

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Poudreuse abondante

Nous avons parcouru:

• Pentes alpines
• Pentes de faible inclinaison

Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:

• Pentes raides

La journée était:

• Brumeuse
• Ensoleillée

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

The riding was AMAZING up Chappell today with 60cm of untouched powder to play in. The downside was that the avalanche hazard was still quite elevated. Just driving from Valemount to the staging area we glimpsed numerous slab avalanches up to size 2.5 on various faces and elevation bands. Riding up to the terrain we also spotted several more slabs out that we suspected had likely released during the storm on the 31st and 1st of Feb. The weak layer was down around 60cm and consisted of small surface hoar and facets. This layer is most prevalent at the tree line and below and will likely persist as a problem for a while to come. In the alpine the storm snow seems to be bonding well.