Log cabin steeze

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olivier.clements · Mar 26, 2022 · Vancouver Island

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Weather
cloudy, sunny, windy
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, sunnySlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
heavy, powder, windAffected

Great day skiing at Log Cabin. We skied up to about 1600m before turning around. In the alpine, we found a mix of 2-3cm thick breakable windslab, some pockets of powder, and firm but not hard snow. Once we descended to more sheltered glades, we got exceptional boot top powder. We dug a pit around 1250m E/NE aspect and found a pretty solid snowpack. Doing an extended column test didn't result in anything. Prying on the back of the column, a slab 25-30cm broke on a mostly planar interface, but it took some prying. Everything below this slab was knife/pencil hard. Alpine winds were consistently blowing over the top of log cabin and downslope to the E/NE and we noticed a fair bit of snow transport.

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