Powder reset in the St Mary's

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shorton · Jan 31, 2022 · St. Mary

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Quick report

Stayed Away
convexSlopes, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSlab

20 cm of new snow made a huge difference in riding quality in Hellroaring today. The new snow was reactive along ridgetops (including a size 1.5 wind slab avalanche that ran overnight) as well as in a few steep openings at lower elevations. We dug down to the December crust layer on a slope adjacent to where a large avalanche occurred on a few weeks ago and found there were several crusts between 180 and 220 cm deep, and they were all strong and bonded. No significant test results in our snowpit.

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