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Brendan Tapanila · Feb 16, 2020 · Renshaw

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Weather
stormy, windy, cloudy, sunny
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes
Stayed Away
steepSlopes
Riding Quality
Amazing
Snow Conditions
deepPowder, windAffected, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab

While riding the Renshaw today we saw several small cornice releases, size one avalanche on a cross loaded feature (Northerly aspect) as we traveled through open terrain noticeably more wind affected conditions. We decided to investigate a leeward feature approximately 25 degree slope dug a pit and had repeated sudden collapse results @ 27cm and 43cm on a fist to 4 finger to fist wind slab interface, did extended column test no propagation found Boot pan depth was 80cm Tested some cross loaded cornice features only results were under machine