Chickadee Valley

Quick report

Weather

warm, cloudy, sunny

Ride Type

sunnySlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, heavy

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

Skied avi fan. Soft slab on top of solar crust. Sugar snow below crust. Lots of whumpfing, shooting cracks the length of ski, and some slope movement during uptrack. Did several hand sheer tests. Skied well close to trees, and no evidence of slab breaking away. Slab was soft in the warm sun.