Rogers Run & Grizzly Trees

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny

Ride Type

steepSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, heavy

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound

We skied Grizzly Trees, then Rogers Run. On the uptrack, we got one local whumpf. We dug a pit before dropping in the trees @ 1920m on a S-facing, 35deg slope in an open clearing. We got a CTH 23, 24 SP down 40cm on PP, 2mm on F snow. CTH 26 SP down 70cm on FC, 0.5mm on F/4F snow. The snow conditions was pretty decent, albeit a little heavy on steep, solar feature. On the way back up to Rogers Run, I noticed a breakable sun crust on steep, solar features up to 2000m. Several avalanches 24-48hr old in Grizzly Bowl running to Sz 2.5, mostly from SE/E faces. A Sz1 slid in the morning once the sun got to it (Na, Sz1, E face, 2200m, 35deg slope, 50cm x 50m crown, ran for 300m). No other signs of instability skiing Rogers Run, but we did keep our route conservative. As always, preserved blower pow!