Hot n spicy

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Heavy
• Powder
• Wet
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Dense trees
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees
• Steep slopes

We stayed away from:

• Alpine slopes
• Convex slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy

Avalanche conditions

• Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
• 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
• Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Skied laps in Zymacord trees today till late.

Wind south mod-strong at ridge top. Freezing level around 1000m at height of day. Snow quality good down to 800m .

Snow was mostly hot pow. Fast and heavy.

20cm of new snow overnight and another 10-15cm throughout the day.

Audibles off south side on Sleeping beauty most of day and some naturals heard closer to the zymbuck area but not seen due to fog later in the afternoon.

Ski triggered a size 2 on the lee side of one of the bigger drainages at 1200m and a size 1 wet loose in steep terrain down around 1000m.