windy white day on illy

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, stormy, windy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, openTrees

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

windy day up high on the Illecillewaet glacier witnessed lots of snow blowing off look out and felt lot of snow being sent into space with the strong/extreme gusts from south west to west . Evidence of windslab forming on lee features we had no avalanche activity. Decent from Perley Rock was surprising good minus the vis some wind pressed slab 5-10cm down in Specific features. Sun made one appearance it was amazing but mostly cloudy with moderate winds with strong/extreme gusts above 2100m HS on the glacier varying from 150 -300cm mostly 250ish.