Adit Ridge and the Corral
Quick reportmsulkers · Jan 23, 2017 · Spearhead
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, denseTrees, convexSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, openTrees
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Recent cycle of Sz 1 slabs natural directly below ridgetops on N and NW asp in alpine. A number of ski cuts and accidentals in steeper alpine start zones to size 2. Two size 3's noted on N and NW asp of Fissile with deep crowns at about 2300m. Western-most looked quite recent. Test pits at 2000m on NW asp revealed temperature gradient down 40 cm from surface with several easy sheers (sudden planar) down 15/23/32 cm and some CTH (26) down 83cm on density change. We avoided big and unsupported N to NW asp...