Seaton Sledding

Quick report

AvCan Northwest · Mar 17, 2022 · Purcells

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Quick report

Weather
sunny
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
powder

We went to investigate the Seaton basin today. This area has steep alpine features that get loaded with snow due to moderate SW winds. There were a couple older wind slab avalanches and one cornice fall but nothing in the last couple days. We started on some smaller slopes to get a feel for the wind slabs reactivity before working our way cautiously onto larger features. We avoided being under large cornices and moved quickly and spaced out under large slopes.

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