Feb 17-20 bonnington traverse

La qualité du hors-piste était:

Incroyable

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Poudreuse

Nous avons parcouru:

• Forêt dense
• Pentes de faible inclinaison
• Forêt dégagée

Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:

• Pentes alpines
• Pentes convexes
• Blocs de coupe forestière
• Pentes raides

Conditions d'avalanche

• 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.

Visiting from Vancouver. Had a wonderful four days doing the Bonnington traverse. Took some conservative paths and lines due to conditions.

Serious whumphing in flat meadows areas, elevation band 1600-1700m ish. Felt this in the way to Grassi and on the way to Steed, but not on the next few days. Travelling along some flat meadows (from Grassi to steed) noticed a huge whumph and shooting cracks 5m from skis. It felt like the entire meadows had collapsed.

Conducted a few snow tests - see summary/comments under snowpack tab. Visiting the area so not super familiar with the snowpack - did my best guess at the layers given prior research and what we’ve experienced.

Skied mellow slopes, lots of powder to go around. No instabilities noted on our laps. Typically skied +/-100-200m above and below each hut, give or take.