Slidetastic Conditions on 5040

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Deep powder
• Powder
• Wet

We rode:

• Mellow slopes
• Open trees
• Steep slopes

We stayed away from:

• Alpine slopes
• Convex slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Foggy
• Stormy
• Warm
• Wet
• Windy

Avalanche conditions

• Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
• 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.

Another storm came through today starting at 10am bringing high winds (~60km/h) from the SW and heavy snow (~25cm). The snow stopped at 4pm and transitioned to a heavy mist which has started to soak the upper snowpack.

Storm skiing was great in sheltered terrain below the alpine between 1350m and 990m elevation. Despite being heavy, the new snow was fun to ski. Numerous sz 1 slides were triggered on North slopes. The slides weren't propagating to lower layers, but instead sliding on last night's freeze crust and were only composed of today's storm slab. Biggest slide had a 30cm crown, 30m width, and ran 100m.

Probed 2.3m @1130m elevation on North slope.