Cheops North Bowl (Girlfriend Bowl)
Quick reportMiles Kenyon-Slaney · Feb 22, 2020 · Little Yoho
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, windy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, convexSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Amazing
- Snow Conditions
- deepPowder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
Great skiing on north aspects, with very deep powder. New snow was much more unstable than anticipated, due to a rapidly forming wind slab on top of the Feb 22nd surface hoar layer. Significant sluffing occurred on every run.
Avalanche
Multiple small (size 1-2) slides on a northerly slope, both natural and skier triggered. Observed the development of a significant wind slab, particularly in the lee of ridge features.