Feeling more like winter

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Feeling more like winter

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Good
Snow conditions were:
  • Powder
  • Wind affected
We rode:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Mellow slopes
  • Open trees

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Sunny
  • Warm
Avalanche conditions
  • Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
  • Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.

Comments

10-15 HST overlying variable crusts.

Evidence of significant wind transport at ridgetop.

One natural size 1 storm slab along Catch Basin uptrack (steep N facing, 20 m below ridge crest).

Whumpfing and shooting cracks along south facing slopes.

Immediate lee slopes (top 50 m) are severely windfucked/sastrugi (Prospector chutes, Hummers, West Ymir).

Best ski quality was between 2,000 - 1,800 m.