Clemina first ride

La qualité du hors-piste était:

Excellente

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Croûtée
• Poudreuse
• Affectée par le vent

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:

• Brumeuse
• Ensoleillée

Conditions d'avalanche

• 30 cm + de neige fraîche ou transport important de neige par le vent ou pluie au cours des dernières 48 heures

We rode Clemina. Access was terrible. We drove to approximately the 6km point where there was 2” of snow on the road. I need new skis.

We found a decent amount of new snow, maybe 40cm. There was significant wind affecting in some areas.

As there was no avalanche information available, we dug a snow pit in an area relatively unaffected by wind. We found about 1.1m of snow. We observed a crust layer at approximately 60cm. We isolated a column of snow and performed a compression test. There was a sudden failure at 70cm on the first should strike. We then performed an extended column test, which also failed at the 70cm depth on the 3rd shoulder strike.

No natural avalanche activity was observed.