Ozalenka Sunburn

Quick report

mhalik · Mar 18, 2021 · McBride

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Quick report

Weather
sunny, warm
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
crusty, powder, wet
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionTemp

Three days spent up at the Ozalenka cabin, sunny and warm for each one. We saw one quite large avalanche we suspected was a couple of days old and possibly triggered by a cornice fall on a north facing alpine slope. Suspect the weak layer it failed on was the mid February facets. We also saw several solar/warming triggered avalanches up to size 2 on south facing slopes and a few recent cornice failures. Sunny slopes had wet surface snow, but shady north facing slopes still offered a few cm's of powder and fun skiing so we stuck to those.

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