Allan Creek Hot Sauce

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Powder
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Convex slopes
• Mellow slopes

We stayed away from:

• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Stormy
• Sunny
• Windy

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.

Touchy times. Several natural, rider triggered and rider remote slab avalanches ranging from 1-2(acidental/remotes) to sz3(na) in steep and convex lee alpine terrain on a layer of suface hoar from early Dec. Long propagation around terrain features and threw trees ranging fromb20-40cm deep.

Lasts nights winds dropped several naturals mid storm and then the pile of riders triggered many in lee alp and treeline terrain. No discussions of involvements heard.

Day was mainly sunny with broken clouds, then strong winds and overcast skies smashed down on the alpine in the late afternoon.