MacDonald West Shoulder

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Heavy
• Powder

We rode:

• Alpine slopes
• Mellow slopes
• Steep slopes

We stayed away from:

• Convex slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Warm

Avalanche conditions

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

Skinned up to the top of the the shoulder and on the way we dug a pit.

There was 20cm of powder on the top layer, then consolidated snow up high 2100m.

Up higher the slope was stripped. Ski down was good, no propagation, no crust and some sluff on higher and much lower sections.