Mount Steele

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Heavy
• Powder

We rode:

• Alpine slopes
• Mellow slopes
• Open trees
• Sunny slopes

We stayed away from:

• Convex slopes
• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Sunny
• Warm

Avalanche conditions

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

Busy weekend at Mount Steele with multiple groups staying at the cabin as well as several folks out for the day. Multiple recent crown lines on convexities on the north aspect of Steele down towards the gully were visible when we arrived on the 15th. It snowed all night on the 15th with substantial wind accumulation. Skied both Raven Dance and Mount Steele the morning of the 16th, snow was heavy powder with variable visibility but overall great riding conditions. We triggered small point releases in the top 10-15 cm while skiing off the NE aspect of Steele in the late morning. Later saw skier triggered size ~0.5s off the NW aspect just below the summit around noon, and lots of pinwheeling on solar aspects.

Ski out on the morning of Feb. 17 was on breakable crust from the cabin to the lower lot.