A windy day in the Syncline
Quick reportbenjamin.yeager · Feb 4, 2020 · Crowsnest South
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, stormy, windy
- Ride Type
- steepSlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow
A sunny start in the morning turned to windy and snowy throughout the day. Moderate to strong SW winds were moving a lot of snow building a thin new windslab in lees. We saw some cracking and had a size 1 from a ski cut that was 5-15 cms deep and about 20m wide which ran on the Feb 1 melt freeze crust. Photos attached. Pretty decent skiing out of the wind affect! There’s definitely the odd pocket of crust/ice on the surface, but it’s skiing well. PS: Bring ski crampons! Challenging skinning in spots.
Avalanche
Ski cut on a steeper loaded drift.