Glave peak, classic shoulder

Riding quality was:

Good

Snow conditions were:

• Heavy
• Powder

We rode:

• Alpine slopes
• Mellow slopes
• Steep slopes

The day was:

• Cloudy
• Sunny
• Warm

Avalanche conditions

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

We arrived in cloud, and ski touried up the north shoulder of glave peak. The snow was moist up to 1300 meters with temperatures between -1 and 0 degree celsius, with significant greenhouse effect. The sun poked out in the afternoon and sucked up some of the moisture, so our run down was really enjoyable. As we tilted aspects and gained elevations we did come across facets and cooler snow and some pressed thin wind slab. We skied 15cm of old settled storm snow, and it was cruisey.

A few wet loose avalanches observed on solar aspects in steep alpine terrain, other than that no new avalanches observed.