Hellen's Ridge
Quick reportEirik Sharp ACMG · Dec 28, 2016 · East Side 93N
Quick report
- Weather
- windy
- Ride Type
- openTrees, mellowSlopes, denseTrees
- Stayed Away
- cutBlocks
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionSlab
Hid from the strong winds at tree line on Helen's Ridge and found great riding in the open glades. The upper snow pack feels hollow when trail breaking with a widespread 25cm thick soft Alan sitting over 10-15cm of low density facets above the Nov12 crust. Ski pen was around 40cm which made for wallowing trail breaking. Shooting cracks in steep terrain and Some recent skier triggers size 1.5 avalanches on steep open slopes kept us skiing short pitches on lower angle terrain out of the wind.