Touchy storm slabs

Quick report

Ride Type

mellowSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

heavy, powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound

Widespread touchy storm slabs releasing on test slopes and, whumpfing and lots of shooting cracks breaking trail, some propogations over 50m. All failing 20-25cm down on surface hoar up to 30mm on top of buried crust. Slab on top of the weak layer was heavy fist storm snow. Observed debris from a recent sz 2 avalanche on SW aspect off of Eagle peak running over the 'Pracice slopes' ski runs, as well as a as 1.5 running through the Dogleg couloir off Glacier Crest. Warm, muggy day. We minimized exposure keeping to conservative terrain and enjoyed mellow pow laps.