Kusawak

We went exploring in the Kusawak area today. 5 cm of new snow sits above a variety of wind affected surfaces from last weekend. At lower elevations this softer snow was capped by a thin crust that kept the soft snow from blowing away and made sled travel pretty easy. At higher elevations the new snow had blown around more but up to 20cm of soft snow could be found in sheltered bowls. Visibility was in and out but there were signs of last weekend’s avalanche cycle up to size 3 on large, southerly slopes. We avoided rocky outcrops and places were the snowpack transitioned from thick to thin. We kept our travel conservative today as we are still getting to know this area.