Esplanade Range

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Deep powder
• Powder
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Dense trees
• Open trees

We stayed away from:

• Alpine slopes
• Convex slopes
• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Sunny
• Windy

Avalanche conditions

• Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
• 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Quick laps at TL at Sentry Lodge this afternoon. Clear sky during fly in, we noted many 1.5+ naturals on NE/E slopes in the alpine, likely wind loaded soft slab with wide start zones.

Afternoon started clear and still after a morning of heavy gusting from S/SW. Degenerated to heavy gusts from many directions just before sundown.

Significant wind transport of past pulse of snow, buried the foot path from lodge to heli pad with a boot pen of 45+cm (as example) since 10:00 am.

Some definite isolated booby traps developing out there... we skied sheltered lines, and burned calories breaking trail with ski pen of 60cm on fresh trails, 40+cm on well established skin tracks.