Cheops

Quick report

gearyalex · Dec 11, 2018 · Glacier

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Quick report

Weather
cold, stormy
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees, convexSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, openTrees
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSlab

In most areas we found 20cm of unconsolidated storm snow, but in wind affected areas above 2200m it was starting to slab up. I ski cut a 20cm deep storm slab x 30m wide at the entrance to Cheops North at 2:10pm. On steep SW aspects we had sluffing running on the Dec 9 sun crust and isolated shearing.