Grizzly Bowl

La qualité du hors-piste était:

Horrible

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Croûtée
• Affectée par le vent

Nous avons parcouru:

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

Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:

• Pentes convexes

La journée était:

• Ensoleillée
• Chaude

Conditions d'avalanche

• Augmentation rapide de la température jusqu'à près ou au-dessus de 0°C ou neige mouillée en surface.

Skied the bowl below Grizzly Peak just outside of Fernie resort boundaries. Had to hike in the first 2km as the dense trees were not skinnable due to lack of snow. As we gained elevation we were able to skin up through the trees. The snow was very wet and occasionally the poles would push right through. Shaded areas had a firm MF crust, ski crampons were required to continue climbing. The ski down was heavily wind affected with sastrugi and had a firm icy crust.

Lots of avalanche debris was found throughout the bowl from last weeks warm weather. We saw what appeared to be a glide crack that formed on a NE aspect that we did not see in the morning.