Forester

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Deep powder

We rode:

• Mellow slopes
• Open trees

We stayed away from:

• Alpine slopes
• Convex slopes
• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy

Avalanche conditions

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

Deep powder. Lots of recent avalanche activity that came down from overhead hazards the night before.

Avalanches that we saw likely happened the night before and originated with storm snow on steep alpine chutes that ran and stepped down to the rain crust once they hit tree line.

Be very aware of that deep persistent weak layer as you travel. Conditions were great on the surface but beware of overhead hazards and potential for deep slab activity…