Thunder Meadows

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty
• Hard
• Heavy
• Powder
• Wet
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Alpine slopes
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees
• Sunny slopes

We stayed away from:

• Convex slopes
• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Sunny
• Warm

Avalanche conditions

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

Skied into Thunder Meadows on March 2nd, out on the 3rd.

N aspects held a supportive crust with dry 5-10cm on top. No whoomphing or cracking. Obvious wind effect noted in windward areas and fist snow in the lees made for variable but mostly good skiing.

S aspects were heavy and wet, noted around 11am both days, with a weak refreeze overnight. Ski pen 15cm into moist snow through the large cedar forests on exit made for heavy turns.

Several size 1 wet loose avalanches witnessed along the SE chutes in Cabin Bowl in the afternoon of March 2nd. The NW side of Cabin appeared loaded with only one older size 1 slab noted (in pics) and nothing released recently. We avoided these steeper, connected slopes.

Pit dug near the hut on the N slope. Buried surface hoar layer down 95cms overlies a melt freeze crust. Stubborn to trigger but would be capable of producing very large avalanches if triggered.