Teddy bear trees - AST2 training

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Teddy bear trees - AST2 training

Snow conditions

We rode:
  • Dense trees
  • Mellow slopes
  • Open trees
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Convex slopes
  • Steep slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Stormy
  • Warm
  • Wet
Avalanche conditions
  • Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
  • 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Comments

We saw a size 2 off at cheops on skier's rigth on chromosome slope. (See photo). We saw the debris and it appeared as though the avalanche occured i the last 24 hours.

We didn't see any activity on Grizzly avalanche path and we didn't see any debris either on Frequent flyer but we didn't see much of it as we went in Teddy Bear trees to avoid it.

We heard an audible nose when we were on teddy bear slope.

We dug a snow profile on Teddy bear slope at 1640 m.

HS 110 cm

ECTP12 at 60 cm down.

The snow was heavy and wet. Travel was slow and the ski down was hard to ski.