Mongolia/Outer Mongolia

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab

Great day skiing in Mongolia/Outer Mongolia. 5cm of overnight snow in addition to the 15-20 cm from Saturday made for smooth and consistent skiing on moderate angle open slopes. There is evidence of Saturday night's avalanche cycle with many size 1-2 avalanches. The Mongolia Bowl headwall ran ~300 m wide. Most notably, all of the natural avalanches were initiated around 1,850 m with none of the start zones of the steeper lines running (The Funnel, Philopian Tube, etc). No natural activity in Ron Jeremy - looked ripe for a skier triggered avalanche.. Only one natural avalanche BTL was observed, although the storm snow was reactive to skier traffic on all terrain >35 degrees. Several ski cuts to size 1, with up to 20 m propagation. All S-SE facing open slopes/glades had a thin crust, and steeper slopes were extensively pin wheeled. Dense forest on all aspects is still rugged from previous warming, with deep frozen tree wells and tree bombs.