Big sastrugi big wind slabs

Avalanche

bramski · Feb 13, 2021 · Brandywine

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Weather
cold, sunny
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, denseTrees, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, openTrees
Riding Quality
Terrible
Snow Conditions
crusty, hard, windAffected
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab

Extremely variable slopes. On South slopes there is a breakable sun crust in addition to variable depth wind slabs quite deep into treeline. In the trees there is extensive wind damage, downed branches, and tree bombs.

Avalanche

Observed this larger windslab result today from a distance. Several other direct action smaller windslabs had also released on southerly aspects.