Signs of Instability

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Signs of Instability

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Amazing
Snow conditions were:
  • Deep powder
  • Powder
We rode:
  • Open trees

Information

The day was:
  • Stormy
Avalanche conditions
  • Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
  • 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Comments

We saw about 300m of road bank @ NE aspect peppered with this 5-15cm depth fracture. Elevation ranging from 1750-1770m. It was storming most the day with little temperature change and -8 being the Valley bottom temp. My suspicion is that this released naturally because of the new snow on the bed surface and the timing we passed by prerelease, although we could have remote triggered from the road without noticing.