The Hoar Demon Strikes

Riding quality was:

OK

Snow conditions were:

• Deep powder
• Heavy
• Wet

We rode:

• Dense trees
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees
• Sunny slopes

We stayed away from:

• Convex slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Sunny
• Warm

Avalanche conditions

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

Remote trigger size 2 while skiing

@1600 m on a East aspect around 11am. Suspected layer is surface hoar January 29th. Crown depth is about +/- 50cm. Propagated really easily but did not run really far.

Triggered on a opening in the trees just above a convex.

Started the day with nice light fluffly powder that turn rapidly into mashed potatoes by 12. Mostly sunny with cloud. Quite warm.

Meet another group in the parking which said to have trigger a few storm slab on the face just in front of where we were skiing on a West facing slope around same elevation.