Deep and touchy at Hanging Lake

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Deep powder
• Heavy
• Powder
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Alpine slopes
• Dense trees
• Open trees
• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Stormy

Avalanche conditions

• Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
• 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Nice and deep on the slopes around Hanging Lake, with easily 30cm of ski pen on the up track (thanks to those who put it in!) and at least knee deep on the way down.

Snow was pretty heavy and slabby though so riding wasn’t perfect. Lots of reactivity to our tracks, small sized avalanches were popping off all convex slopes. Very important to ski cut and stay out of connected terrain today. See pictures for a size one we cut in some steep trees.

Evidence of a recent cycle on all aspects running up to size 2.

Day started off snowing and then we got some sunny breaks by the afternoon.