Dam Mountain Report

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red · Mar 3, 2017 · South Coast

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Weather
wet, stormy, warm, foggy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, denseTrees
Stayed Away
convexSlopes, steepSlopes, openTrees
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
heavy, deepPowder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab

From the early hours of the morning until 16:45pm in the afternoon, 22cm of wet, heavy snow had fallen on Dam Mountain ... A significant difference could be seen in elevation with dryer, lighter snow higher up ... During the morning ski cuts on convex slopes gave no results, just sluff build up but we suspected change throughout the day ... That change did come with various size 1 to 1.5 slabs being released ... A ski cut on a SE aspect slope produced a size 1, 20cm down ranging around 20m wide ... Suspect danger increase with storm