Ripinski - Haines

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, stormy

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, windAffected, powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab

Skiing was great in the north facing trees today. About 8" of new snow total. Observed a recent natural D1 wind slab avalanche on a cross-loaded north aspect at about 3200ft. Crown was roughly 30cm thick. Probably ran during the last 24 hours. Snowpack: upper ice crust decomposing and not holding up human weight very well. Beneath it is about 15cm of 2mm facets (Fist-soft). The same exists beneath the next ice crust. Overall very poor snowpack structure. Originally posted by Erik Stevens on alaskasnow.org