Marriott 170125

Quick report

msulkers · Jan 25, 2017 · Duffey

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Quick report

Weather
cold, cloudy
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees, steepSlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
convexSlopes, sunnySlopes
Riding Quality
Amazing
Snow Conditions
powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSlab

Widespread evidence of big cycle during last storm in Marriott. Many convexities up to 2200m showed crowns. Sunnyside ran to size 3 again filling most of the deposition zone with up to six metres in terrain traps at bottom and pushing over a few more trees. Of note on the day were surface facets running easily on anything over 37 degrees and running far, even in the trees. Two solar size one loose on Sunnyside ran at 2400 hrs, starting at 1900m on a convexity. On N asp much of the storm accumulation sits on facets and we kept it very conservative in these areas. Near surface facets skiing well with up to 40cm ski pen. Suncrust forming on solar asp up to 2100m.