Begbie shoulder instability

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demaster19 · Feb 2, 2019 · Long Range Mountains

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Weather
warm, cloudy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, denseTrees
Stayed Away
steepSlopes, alpineSlopes
Riding Quality
Amazing
Snow Conditions
deepPowder, windAffected
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound

Obsesrved a lot of small slab avalanches made of new storm snow sliding on crusty facet affected layer from the previous week of sun and mild temperatures. Biggest one was class 1 with a crown of 40 cm about 20m wide and run about 60 meters. Triggered by a ski cut on about 40 degree steep slope. Lots of cracking and sluffing observered in a trees on a steep convex slopes.