Round Mtn

Riding quality was:

OK

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty

We rode:

• Mellow slopes

The day was:

• Windy

Avalanche conditions

• Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
• 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

It seems like most of the precip fell as rain below 1200m and as snow above though a small zipper rain crust persisted all the way to the top of round mountain. A major avalanche cycle flushed all the north side paths quite large. It looks like they all went in the afternoon or evening on Sunday with enough time to fill over with 3-15cm of new snow depending on where wind had blown in as the storm wound down. Big fractures and settlements in even low angle areas. I dug in on the north side of round ~150m below the summit and found ~60cm of storm snow on the old surface that broke off easily with a hand tap. This was covered with the thin (~5mm) rain crust at the top.

Photos show height of storm snow (length of shovel), cracks in snowpack that didn't fully fail, and Avi path on low angle slopes.