Feather Peak

Quick report

christine_aikens ยท Feb 6, 2017

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Quick report

Weather
cold, sunny
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
Stayed Away
convexSlopes, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
OK
Snow Conditions
windAffected

Skied the N facing bowl on Feather. The snow was very wind affected for almost the entire route. A few small pockets of softer snow, but mostly stiff wind crust and sastrugi. -15 or colder the whole day. Observed 2 Size 1 slab avalanches on steep NE slopes. Attached is a photo of the more recent looking one, lookers left of the Notch. It was a little blown in so we figured a few days old. But reading the MIN, these are likely the slides observed a week ago. Good reminder for me that it can be hard to date 'em.