Wolverine

Riding quality was:

OK

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty
• Hard
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Cut blocks
• Dense trees
• Open trees

We stayed away from:

• Alpine slopes

The day was:

• Sunny
• Warm
• Windy

Avalanche conditions

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

Pit & Compression Test details:

- NE facing aspect

- 26 degrees

- 1700 m elevation

- sunny, light wind

- Ta (air temp) -4 degrees Celsius

- HS (total snow height) 285 cm

- HST (storm snow height) 10 cm

- CTE 4 @ 10 cm

- CTH 8 @ 30 cm

General Observations:

- Multiple Size 1 avalanches on southern facing alpine slopes

- Generally the snowpack in our pit and while riding seemed consolidated

- Surface hoar development on storm snow on all sheltered sheltered slopes, including south facing