Outram

Quick report

Weather

sunny, windy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, sunnySlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

crusty, hard, powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSound

Overnight trip to Mt Outram. Skinnable snow started at 1400m. Snow was very variable: -in trees snow was frozen over and hard - survival skiing -in sheltered areas at tree line powder could be found in pockets - open and sun exposed slopes had 0.5inch of loose snow on a 2" crust with loose unconsolidated snow underneath. The crust was breaking apart. Some areas had pockets of powder. - In the transition from treeline to alpine we got shooting cracks that propagated 2 to 3m (see picture) - snow in the alpine was extremely thin with rocks pocking out and highly wind affected (see picture)