Deep day

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Powder
• Wet
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Cut blocks
• Dense trees
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees

We stayed away from:

• Convex slopes
• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Warm
• Wet

Avalanche conditions

• Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
• 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.

No Avy photos but I can assure you that the forecasted high risk is accurate.

Wind loaded slopes combined with a good reload and warm temps over an old layer resulted in high potential for slides.

Saw shooting cracks on steep alpine slopes and one size 1 slide possibly only hours old.

We mainly stayed low and in the trees but tried a controlled sled cut on a steep convex slope and it dropped dangerously easy.

Rain at the bottom +4

Snow up top -2