Touchy pockets.
Quick reportbshandro · Jan 20, 2024 · North Rockies
Quick report
- Weather
- warm, cloudy
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- good
- Snow Conditions
- heavy
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSound
Pockets of the recent storm/wind slab were reactive creating shooting cracks 10+ m across and down slope. The slab was starting to feel like mashed potatoes, 23 cm thick with a density of 235 kg/m3, because I never go anywhere without my field density kit and 1m folding ruler. Where we rode the slab was resistant to sliding but I could imaging it causing problems in steeper more planar terrain.