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Quick report

Mike Smith · Mar 26, 2017 · White Pass West

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Quick report

Weather
warm, sunny
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
convexSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
windAffected, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionSlab

Sled AST course: We traveled up Bryant Lake to the col overlooking the Chilkoot and saw numerous sluffs on steep aspects from East to Southwest, but also found 30cm of new/soft snow just around the col. Next stop the drainage below Table Top; more sluffs on steep faces. Riding out, we saw an avalanche that was likely sled-triggered above Bryant Lake. Didn't witness it so not positive.

Snowpack

Wind loaded slope; mid-Feb FC/CR layer was down 45cm and did not fail in testing. 10cm-thick layer of FC did fail (CTH RP) and initiated but didn't propagate in ECT

Avalanche

Occurred between 2pm and 5pm but we didn't witness it. Highmark tracks lead into the start zone so suspect it was sled triggered. See attached pic.