Burnt knob/ col

Riding quality was:

Amazing

Snow conditions were:

• Deep powder
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Mellow slopes
• Open trees

We stayed away from:

• Convex slopes

Avalanche conditions

• 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
• Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.

Skinned up between the burnt knob and fuzzy knob up to 1600-1700m. Observed natural sluffing on the chutes above the col near the top of the burnt knob (lookers right) and heard a lot of whumpfing. We rode down into the trees until we reached lower angle terrain in the burnt knob and rode deep powder till the skin track.

There was debris on one of the burnt knob run outs that looked to be 2-4 days old. And a tree has fallen on the skin track next to the debris. Whether the fallen tree is result of the avalanche debris is uncertain. Photos 2,3,4 should illustrate the debris and fallen tree.