Burdette 26

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty
• Heavy
• Powder

We rode:

• Dense trees
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees

We stayed away from:

• Alpine slopes
• Convex slopes
• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Warm

Avalanche conditions

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

Long weekend obs from the Burdette zone:

Persistent weak layer exists, buried 60cm, ECT14 full propagation, EC5 full fracture.

Great snow coverage, best in a number of years. South facing slopes crusty but cold dry snow to be found in sheltered trees and north facing slopes. No naturals observed aside from a release coming from a steep feature with exposed rock, on the way in.

On departure day, Monday April 6, storm brought 5-10cm of fresh snow with a good bit of moisture baked in.