Meadow Mountain

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Powder
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Alpine slopes
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees
• Steep slopes

We stayed away from:

• Convex slopes
• Sunny slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Stormy
• Windy

Avalanche conditions

• Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

Trip to Meadow Mountain Cabin . Friday Dec 28 had stable conditions and no sign of recent Avalanche. Terrain is heavily used by snowmobiles and Selkirk cat skiing. We skied steep slopes, chutes, open trees, mellow slopes and high marked on a sled. No whomphing or cracking.

Friday night into Saturday Dec 29 morning we recieved forecast storm and 20cm fresh snow. The winds picked up from the west as forecasted at 9am and were moderate with gusts. On the first run out a ski cut produced a wind slab avalanche on an east acing slope which was wind loaded producing small size one avalanche and slid about 100 feet on a slope around 30°. There was other evidence of wind loading and fractures in the snow from the storm.

Probed snowpack depth of 215cm. No snow pit dug, we left after triggering the slab avalanche as we were on the way out that day.

Tree skiing on conservative terrain in the right aspect would have been safe, or in low consequence low slope terrain. We avoided convexities and terrain traps on travel.