Work sledding

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Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Amazing
Snow conditions were:
  • Deep powder
We rode:
  • Cut blocks
  • Mellow slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Steep slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Stormy
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.

Comments

We rode blocks and ditches. Later in the day the new storm snow was sloughing where the sleds disturbed it along roadside, failing on a layer about 10" down. Cracks were shooting ahead, and up the hill consistently.