Burridges

Quick report

Weather

windy

Ride Type

mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

Saw shooting cracks while skiing in, cross loaded slopes above us. We were just in the valley bottom. Almost 2m of snow depth. A shovel test showed the upper layers of wind affected snow slid off very easily on a distinct interface. At 40 cm there was a layer of very large facets above those buried ice crusts. That popped off fairly easily during a hand shear test. It's always interesting digging into the snow to see what it looks like, especially if you were to venture onto steeper slopes.