Reactive Windslabs in Hermit/Swiss

Quick report

Weather

cold, windy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

Loaded up the packs with all the fun gear and big aspirations for a day in the alpine. As soon as we were above treeline we were surprised by a strong north easterly wind that was transporting plenty of snow. We pushed on a bit higher but turned around after we started to see a small natural avalanche cycle starting and were getting plenty of shooting cracks. On our ski back towards Hermit we triggered numerous small cookies and a few size 1 windslabs on any steep tester slope. Protected areas had no wind effect and great skiing!