Swift Creek Area

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Powder
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Alpine slopes
• Mellow slopes

The day was:

• Warm

Avalanche conditions

• Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

A week at swift creek. NE Slopes that see no shade are still problematic, and 50% let go when ski cut which caused Short running slabs, .5 in size.

Sunday March 20 new Wet Snow seemed to settle the area. A new wind Crust was starting to form in the Alpine above 2000M. Warming temperatures caused many cornices to release, as well as a tree bomb slide. Sun slopes were very solid, and saw little movement, minus sluffs. Wind Crust is now 35 CM down, and seemed slightly reactive in the Alpine and Treeline before Sunday, but seemed deep enough down to cause no issues Sunday. Treeline seemed the most consolidated throughout the week.