Miner's

Riding quality was:

OK

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty
• Hard
• Wet
• Wind affected

We rode:

• Alpine slopes
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees
• Steep slopes

We stayed away from:

• Sunny slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Sunny
• Warm
• Windy

Avalanche conditions

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

Started off around 7:30 am, +7°c in town. Just before the saddle around 9:15 a.m. was -2°c. Cool winds coming up from the backside of the ridge were strong gusting extreme, helping keep the temps down. Minimal wind transport available at the saddle.

Miner's Gulley had a supportive crust with moist snow underneath until treeline, then the crust lost support. Good coverage up high but lots of debris skiing. Two small size 1 loose dry avalanches came off the headwall as we exited lower slopes. No entrainment on any of the slopes below.

First rappel is filled in with debris, though one step is ice (see photos). We still used the normal rap on the right (tat replaced). Second little bum scooch drop has tat around a small bush. Third drop with the chains still needs to be rapped (old handline broken in the ice). Walked out from there as the snow coverage was sparse.