Low Pow(d)er Defrost

La qualité du hors-piste était:

Excellente

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Lourde
• Poudreuse

Nous avons parcouru:

• Pentes de faible inclinaison
• Forêt dégagée

Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:

• Pentes convexes
• Pentes raides

La journée était:

• Brumeuse
• Ensoleillée
• Chaude

Conditions d'avalanche

• Avalanches de plaque datant d'aujourd'hui ou d'hier.
• Whoumfs ou bruits sourds ou fissures qui se propagent.

Great Sunday riding at the Mic. Warm conditions with wet, heavy snow below TL, and lighter (chunky blower!) at TL.

Est. 5-10 cm fresh in the thinnest areas, especially in upper TL, where we felt a hard wind crust under the fresh snow. New wind affect was minimal.

Drifted to 20-30 cm in sheltered areas. Didn't feel much of a crust in sheltered/treed areas while riding. Lots of facets though, much of the lower snowpack didn't feel very supportive...

Popped a nice storm slab on a small slope, appx 20 cm, sliding on a thin faceted crust (I think!). We hardly saw any shooting cracks, the warm snow may not have fully consolidated at the time. Would be careful around larger slopes though!