Cirque Forepeak

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chrisliehmann · Mar 4, 2018 · East Side 93N

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Weather
cloudy, sunny
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, openTrees
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSound

Variable conditions in the alpine with lots of wind affect. Wind loaded pockets presenting wumphs and cracks. Triggered size 1.5 hard slab likely on a sun crust on the south facing slope at the summit of cirque forepeak. Pit results on SE slope showed 8 cm recent snow, 20 cm old storm layer, then consolidated down 1m. CTM 24 failing in the middle of the consolidated layer 50-60 cm down (not a clean shear)