Yanks/ Breakneck

Quick report

Weather

warm, sunny

Ride Type

sunnySlopes, convexSlopes, mellowSlopes, steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, openTrees, denseTrees

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, cutBlocks

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

heavy, wet, windAffected, hard, crusty

Rode Yanks access to Breakneck exit. Parking lot temp was -2,sliding hill weather station top temp at 9 am was +8. Sled cooling issues until treeline. Broke into alpine with +8 at the yanks stop sign. Very warm day. Did a test pit on north west slope before breakneck ridge. Probed 195cm had failure at 50cm at ectp 20 at surface hoar layer. Continued travel through breakneck with only visual signs of wet loose avalanches.