New snow reactive on Feb 24 sun crust

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cdnmoose11 · Feb 25, 2018 · Cariboos

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Weather
windy, cloudy, sunny
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
deepPowder, windAffected, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound

Blowing snow at ridge crests on Sunday, with wind affecting ski quality above 1800m. 15-20cm new snow Saturday night into Sunday morning. Widespread whumpfing 1600-1800m on solar aspects, new snow sitting on a thin sun crust and reactive (storm snow slid when isolating a column for a hand shear). Several small natural wind slabs on NE thru NW lee features at treeline. A size 1.5 natural wind slab noted circa 1900m SE aspect, ran far, thin crown (15cm).