Up to ya neck in it

Quick report

Weather

stormy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

deepPowder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab

We set out with a very risk averse plan to sled down the tracks and ski some treeline laps in manageable terrain. Skiing was frankly ridiculous - turns ranged from waist to shoulder deep. Finding anything steep enough to descend was a big challenge. Even sledding down the tracks yielded over head snow. Stability was as expected for the 50+ cm of unconsolidated snow, with numerous natural sz 1s from most steep features below treeline, and we remote triggered some small activity on the climb. Managed terrain on descent and observed no further activity. Around 2pm the weather changed from calm winds with snow falling at less than 1cm/hr to strong south winds, with significant wind transport even at valley bottom. Snowpack as observed was generally bottomless low density. At around 1100m there was a change with a supportive layer (climbing), which was 40-50cm deep and 9cm thick, 1 finger resistance. Stratigraphy above and below the layer fist. Layer did not impact ski quality on descent. HS at BTL/TL transition 240-250cm.