AST1 Island Alpine Guides

Riding quality was:

Terrible

Snow conditions were:

• Heavy
• Wet

We rode:

• Mellow slopes
• Open trees

We stayed away from:

• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Warm
• Wet
• Windy

Avalanche conditions

• 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
• Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

HS ranged from 50 to 150 cm. The wet loose cycle of pinwheels and slush seems to be over, all trees are bare rocks faces are bare observed up to 5000 feet cornices have dropped. Ski penetration range from 0 to 20 cm.

Many creeks and holes are open travel is not recommended. Our shear tests produced irregular breaks progressive compression resistant planer on two layers faceted and crusts down 20 and down 80 rain has saturated the first crust layer and free water can be seen running above that crust.

Moderate to hard shears.