Lower Disease 190226
SnowpackMitchell Sulkers · Feb 26, 2019 · Spearhead
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, windy, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees, sunnySlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- OK
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound
Investigating windslab development. New slabs touchy. We approached treeline loaded terrain as if it were "considerable" though slabs were isolated.
Snowpack
CTVE and CTE (1) down 24-28 in proximal pits. P windslab over near surface facets. Windslab supportive bu easily triggered from edges. Buried surface hoar/crust combo down 70-75 improving bonds with no failure until "gorilla" wallop in Compression Tests. Good ski conditions on SW aspect treeline down.