Spearhead/Vista

Riding quality was:

Amazing

Snow conditions were:

• Deep powder
• Powder
• Wind affected

We rode:

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

We stayed away from:

• Convex slopes

The day was:

• Cold
• Sunny

Avalanche conditions

• Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
• Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Most of zone remained cold snow except for steep SE asp that had benefit of a.m. direct sun. About 1850m and down solar steep asp getting moist and entraining more mass when cut.

P.M. orographic clouds and light SW breezes kept effect to a minimum on higher elevations for the day. Good viz for obs and lots of folks out but no slab avalanches obs. ANumerous wet sluffs from steep rocky teerrain on solar asp.