Snowpack said no!

Quick report

southrockies · Feb 23, 2022 · Flathead

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Quick report

Stayed Away
convexSlopes, openTrees
Riding Quality
Good
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSound

We went out with a plan to ride some steep north facing trees but when we got there we felt the snowpack whumpfing and saw shooting cracks ahead of us. We dug down to have a look and our test results showed a large surface hoar layer buried 60cm deep that was reacting. With this new info we changed our plan and stuck to lower angle trees, avoiding convexities and steep spots.

Snowpack

ECTP 24 on 60 cm deep Jan 30 surface hoar (15 mm crystals)

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