whumpf's den

Riding quality was:

OK

Snow conditions were:

• Deep powder
• Heavy
• Wet

We rode:

• Cut blocks
• Dense trees
• Mellow slopes

We stayed away from:

• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Wet

Avalanche conditions

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

We watched 40+ cm of new fluffy pow turn to cement as we skinned up at around 1 pm. The early bird gets the worm!

Snow turned to rain around noon. Good coverage in the meadows. Constant huge whumpfs low down in the alder fields. Soaked to the bone on the drive home. Good sled track in now.