AvCan was right.

Quick report

Weather

warm, windy, stormy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees, alpineSlopes

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, convexSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSound

Turns out the best riding today was in sheltered, low angle terrain and slabs were reactive - who knew!? After a a very windy ski, we changed our slope aspect to seek more shelter terrain and were treated with pockets of deep powder lower in the trees and nice soft riding conditions in the upper extent of treeline. We travelled on ridges and avoided steep slopes. The wind was really howling today and hard to tell how much snow was falling vs being transported. Hand shear tests were resulting in block collapsing under its own weight, shooting cracks were identified on steep slopes in treeline and a test slope did release in treeline as well.