Wind slab phantom

Quick report

Weather

sunny

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

sunnySlopes, convexSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Noticed potential good snow and no tracks at the bottom of phantom couloir so we gave it a try, but the snow changed pretty quickly to firm wind slab as we we’re boot packing closer to the middle on the skiers right side. When we got to the middle, I then noticed a slab crown (see picture) . Seems like there wasn’t any sign of ski tracks above or bellow, so I assumed it was a natural release. Since we we’re a group of 3, we decided to turn around from there. Pretty hard to tell when that slab avalanche actually happened, but probably more than 24h ago.