Lots of wind loading happening
Quick reportsouthrockies · Feb 4, 2022 · Northwest Inland
Quick report
- Weather
- cloudy, windy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow
More snow being transported than we expected NW of Sparwood today. We saw natural wind slab avalanches in alpine, cross loaded features that happened while we were in the field and immediately before. Dug down to check if the persistent slab was in this zone, and couldn’t find any evidence of it. No whumpfing, cracking or failures in our test pit. We chose a sheltered spot away from wind loaded slopes to try and find some soft snow unaffected by the wind and were rewarded with some pretty good riding.