Marriott Basin

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Crusty
• Powder
• Wind affected

We rode:

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

We stayed away from:

• Convex slopes
• Sunny slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Sunny

Avalanche conditions

• Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
• 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
• Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Three days in Marriott Basin with variable conditions. Meltfreeze crust to 2350m S asp up to 7cm thick with facets beneath. 20-30 low density over top with windslabs to lee of ribs and ridges. Solar slopes wetting out and going to size 1.5 in afternoon of 15th. N asp skiing well in new storm snow over near surface facets over mfcr below 2000m and old dry snow above. No cornices dropping.

189106MFcr facet combo slowly rounding...