Still a bit wonky from the wind

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Still a bit wonky from the wind

Snow conditions

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

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Sunny
Avalanche conditions
  • Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

Comments

Still more or less the same conditions Yan reported a couple days ago, at least around the Dome. Widespread wind effected snow with a mix of hard and soft slabs. Soft slabs very deep in places (ski pen 50-60cms in lee areas climbing the Dome). Slabs are still reactive despite it having been a few days since the main wind event. Shooting cracks in areas on the way up the Dome and intentionally triggered a size 1 while working our way down steeper sparsely treed south facing terrain, variable depth of about 5-30cms across a roughly 10m width.