Conservative Christmas

Snowpack

jeremycflamand · Dec 25, 2019 · White Pass West

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Weather
stormy, windy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, denseTrees
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
OK
Snow Conditions
wet, deepPowder, windAffected
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

Poor visibility for most of the day, fairly warm temperatures when out of the wind. Pit dug on NE aspect of Fraser ridge. Total snow depth ~160cm. Failure at 55cm and 75cm from surface at CTM12, and again at CTE7 on mellow slope. We did not remove our skins and rather backtracked our skin track. Knee deep skin track filled in within 45min. Shooting cracks and wumphing.