Hudson Bay Mountain Alpine Powder?

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Conditions de neige

La qualité du hors-piste était:
Excellente
Les conditions de neige étaient :
  • Croûtée
  • Durcie
  • Poudreuse
  • Affectée par le vent
Nous avons parcouru:
  • Pentes alpines

Information

La journée était:
  • Ensoleillée
Conditions d'avalanche
  • Avalanches de plaque datant d'aujourd'hui ou d'hier.

Commentaires

This was our first field day up Hudson Bay Mountain, and what a nice day. We skinned up through the trees below the prairie to get a feel for how much snow is over the Feb 10 rain crust(25 cm) and even ran into a group doing an AST course. Once out in the open alpine the wind affect is actually not as bad as normal, for the most part soft snow. We skinned above crater lake and had a good look at the bowl. We dug a quick pit to look for the Feb 10 crust, which didn't exist at this location. There were a couple old(24-48 hr) windslab avalanches from under the cornice that were a pretty good indicator that the hazard is real. The cornice is large and shouldn't be taken lightly.