Suffering at Cerise Creek

Quick report

Weather

warm, wet

Riding Quality

terrible

Snow Conditions

heavy, wet

Avalanche Conditions

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Abandoned Nye trip to Keith's. The skin in was mostly a boot pack through the forest and then a skin across the slide followed by more boot packing all over isothermic snow with a thick crust. Heavy rain on the 30th on the way out. We observed many size 1 wet loose avalanches on north facing Lee slopes. The snow we did ride was very heavy and very wet. The temperatures were warm and freezing level was at the hut (1450m?). Tested snowpack buy jumping on unsupported lips on boulders in the alpine, had to put alot of weight into the jump, but when it did slide, revealed a layer of large sugary snow, approx 12" down. Test done by the morraine.