Girls just wanna.... feel the sun on their faces

Submitted by
Yukon Field Team
Observations date
Monday, February 3, 2025 at 22:00
Location
59.718350° N 135.077050° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Girls just wanna.... feel the sun on their faces

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Wind affected
We rode:
  • Dense trees
  • Mellow slopes
  • Open trees
  • Steep slopes
  • Sunny slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Convex slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Sunny

Comments

Outflow winds have extensively affected the snow surface. This makes riding snowmobiles challenging, but we bet you could still find some chalky ski turns.

Today we avoided steep, convex south-facing features where stiff wind slabs exist. We saw evidence of older wind slabs which happened naturally over the weekend on steep, south-facing gully features.

We dug to investigate the persistent weak layer and while we didn't get any results in Extended Column Tests we did get a propagating result in a Propagation Saw Test. The layer is 95 cm deep at 1200 m in the Fraser Chutes area. While reactivity on this layer does appear to be decreasing, we are still avoiding shallow, and thin-to-thick start zones where the layer would be easier to trigger. There is also the potential that a wind slab avalanche could step down to trigger this layer.

This avalanche is likely more than 48 hours old, but happened on a steep, south-facing feature like ones we will be avoiding.
This avalanche is likely more than 48 hours old, but happened on a steep, south-facing feature like ones we will be avoiding.
Karla stands next to some cornice chunks from the naturally occurring wind slab avalanche from the weekend
Karla stands next to some cornice chunks from the naturally occurring wind slab avalanche from the weekend
95 cm deep weak layer which failed on a Propagation Saw Test. PST 85/95 End down 95 on FC 5.0mm over MFcr (Dec 7).
95 cm deep weak layer which failed on a Propagation Saw Test. PST 85/95 End down 95 on FC 5.0mm over MFcr (Dec 7).
Extensive wind-affect from outflow (NE) winds makes riding challenging.
Extensive wind-affect from outflow (NE) winds makes riding challenging.