Japan and beaver pond

Quick report

Weather

cold, sunny

Ride Type

denseTrees, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, openTrees, sunnySlopes, convexSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

windAffected, powder, hard

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound

Japan was slab city; shooting cracks and super wind loaded slopes. All tests caused slabs/shooting cracks under minimal pressure. Softer wind affected snow on top, shear point about 10cm down, 10cm below that was another weak layer over a hard crust sitting about 20cm below surface; stayed off all open slopes and instead rode dense trees above beaver pond. Alpie slopes were a no go; south west gulch had a large slide already trigger that morning and a smaller one in the gully below green hill, photos for reference.