Trash chutes wind effected.

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Trash chutes wind effected.

Snow conditions

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

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Foggy
  • Sunny
  • Warm
Avalanche conditions
  • Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
  • Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Comments

Rare sign of slides down the more open chutes down from trash ridge. Everything seen was 0.5 size small windslabs releasing with crowns around 10 cm by distant eye estimate. debris field small, had to filter photo to make it visible. the real shock here is trash chutes are a north facing rocky face that I've rarely seen any slides let alone wind slabs. Shows that even last 24 hour storm snow has settled different and been wind affected. On slopes longer and less supported that wind slab could step down to other weak layers. And something to watch as it warms.