Ruedi's Ridge Avalanches

La qualité du hors-piste était:

Excellente

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Croûtée
• Poudreuse

Nous avons parcouru:

• Pentes alpines
• Pentes de faible inclinaison
• Forêt dégagée
• Pentes ensoleillées

Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:

• Pentes convexes
• Pentes raides

La journée était:

• Nuageuse
• De tempête
• Chaude
• Venteuse

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
• Whoumfs ou bruits sourds ou fissures qui se propagent.

0 deg at 7:30 at the parking lot.

HST @ TL was in the 15-20 cm range.

Ridgetop had widespread fresh cornices and associated windslabs in the immediate lees from the strong SW wind.

Ridgetop wind was initially moderate to strong from the SW but except for a few gusts, mostly died down in the early afternoon and the sun almost came out.

Our group controlled (cornice drops and ski cuts) many of the north facing chutes and SZ 2 avalanches running to valley bottom were obtained in each of them with propagation up to 30m.

One natural SZ 2 was heard on the north aspect of Ozone at 10:00 am.

The skiing down the SE aspect was quite good with the slopes facing slightly more east holding the best turns while the suncrust could be felt on the slightly more south facing slopes.