Chuting Gallery
Quick reportmsulkers · Mar 11, 2017 · Spearhead
Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, windy, cloudy
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSlab
Mostly pitting and testing today. Test pit at 1980m WSW asp 31 deg slope. CTM (14) SP down 48 on Surface Hoar/old facets over 170216 crust repeated. ECTM (14) SP down 48 as above, entire block slid. ECTM (18) SP down 65 on facets directly over 170216 crust. RB4 down 48-52 on SH/Facets over 170216 crust. We also retrieved depth hoar with striations to 4mm from a shallow snowpack over rocky terrain to 4mm. Ski cuts moving today's snow in shallow soft slabs on lee features above 2000m.