Spicy in Corbin!

La qualité du hors-piste était:

Excellente

Les conditions de neige étaient :

• Poudreuse
• Affectée par le vent

Nous avons parcouru:

• Pentes de faible inclinaison

Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:

• Pentes alpines
• Pentes convexes
• Forêt dégagée
• Pentes raides

La journée était:

• Nuageuse
• Chaude
• Venteuse

Conditions d'avalanche

• Avalanches de plaque datant d'aujourd'hui ou d'hier.

Today in the Corbin area we were surprised to find 10 to 15 cm of untouched powder in the rain gauge zone that we suspect accumulated on Tuesday.

Strong southwest wind was redistributing this new snow at Alpine and Treeline elevations, increasing the load on the persistent weak layer of facets formed in late January.

Along with a widespread older avalanche cycle from Sunday, there were several new size 2 to 2.5 avalanches that likely occurred in the last 12 to 24 hours and released down to the persistent weak layer.

Our snowpack tests were also concerning, with between 60 to 95 cm of consolidated snow over the persistent weak layer, we were consistently getting results (ECTPV X2 and ECTP19) that indicate there is potential for propagation (slab avalanches).

Human-triggered avalanches are likely to release large avalanches.