Sun and second hand reports

Quick report

Weather

warm, sunny

Ride Type

mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, convexSlopes, alpineSlopes

Riding Quality

terrible

Snow Conditions

crusty

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionTemp

Yet another AST course in the Pine Pass! Our group stayed on the gasline, where at low elevation there was a solid surface crust that became breakable later in the day. Moderate to hard results in our pit on recent storm snow interfaces (HS ~130, HST 33 cm). No propagation in extended column. We could get isolated failures on unsupported test slopes, otherwise the snow was setting up well. We heard a second hand report of a sled-triggered avalanche on a wind-loaded feature on Saturday in the 'Salt and Pepper' area. Full, 1.5 m burial for ~4 minutes before successful companion rescue.