Shames backcountry

Quick report

Weather

warm, sunny

Ride Type

sunnySlopes, convexSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab

Spent the day skiing the shames backcountry around the second and third knolls. Had some great skiing in the 30+ cm of snow that fell in the most recent storm cycle. Observed some Na dry loose point releases in the chutes beneath North bowl and one larger sz 2 slab beneath a convexity at the third knoll that appeared to have released a few days ago. Did not make any other observations of a widespread Na cycle from the most recent storm. One skier in our group triggered a sz 0.5 soft slab on a convex feature. The crown was about 40 cm deep and about 2 m wide and ran on a very firm crust. We did not experience any other reactivity in the snow pack beyond this, including on other convex features. Hand shears did not produce any results.