Wind effect

Quick report

Weather

cold, sunny

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, denseTrees, mellowSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

crusty, hard, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab

It was a cold day on Mt Field with widespread wind effect. While wind slabs were present in the alpine, they remained largely unreactive. However, near treeline, wind slabs proved more sensitive to ski cuts, likely due to a layer of well-preserved surface hoar at that elevation. One slab, estimated at size 1.5 to 2, released at the entrance of a steeper gully and ran for roughly 200 meters downslope.