Avy Crest

Quick report

Weather

cold, sunny, warm

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, openTrees, sunnySlopes

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder

Good day despite the cold start at asulkan parking. Skin track is very beat in and you can see a lot of evidence of hoar in the trees. Gaining the avy crest ridge, conditions warmed up. Snow felt supportive. Some wind effect but nothing alarming. A hasty pit showed us the state of the snowpack. Snow goes from 1 finger to 4 at about 65cm. Lots of facets the whole way down 100cm. The top 10-15cm of unconsolidated snow became a very obvious sloughing hazard immediately after dropping in. Tried to cut a small convexity but had no results. Good turns most of the way down.