Wind Slab at Carmack

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Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Hard
  • Powder
  • Wind affected
We rode:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Open trees

Information

The day was:
  • Windy

Comments

Found a spot of touchy wind slab that took me for a short ride on a size 1 avalanche. We triggered it on the way up, with the crown well above us. It was a soft slab sliding on an icy weak interface with a sun crust. Wind transport was hard to see with the particles of snow being so small, but was obvious once we stayed in the same place a while and saw our tracks being filled in and the crown of the avalanche being filled in.