Older avalanche Observation with AST 2 group

Riding quality was:

OK

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty
• Heavy

We rode:

• Cut blocks
• Mellow slopes
• Sunny slopes

The day was:

• Sunny
• Warm

Avalanche conditions

• Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Riding was ok in the sun during the middle of the day, but pretty challenging once the snow cooled off in the shade and formed a new crust.

Maybe we imagined it, but perhaps the crust is slowly breaking down and faceting, making undisturbed snow slightly less breakable than 2 days ago.