Heartley

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab

1550m elevation N Aspect -2 degrees, 20-30km wind, cloudy with light flurries Just above Heartley Lk 150cm snow depth / 50cm wind slab / Persistent Slab 30cm above surface All active problems (Wind Slab / Persistent slab) identified Persistent slab at 30cm above surface, with 70cm storm snow on top. Then another crust with 50cm extremely reactive wind slap on top. Massive whoomphing on north facing slopes and pin wheels on south facing slopes. No result on shovel compression test. But extremely reactive when stepped on/ jumped on top of slap. Almost immediate results with thick uniformed slab sliding on crust. Easily slid well pushed with shovel. Sketchy out there. Stayed to extremely mellow terrain.