Phantom Couloir/ogden benches

Quick report

Weather

cloudy

Ride Type

steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, denseTrees

Stayed Away

convexSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

windAffected, powder, crusty

Ogden benches have good consolidation but has wind slabbing in isolated spots about 5-10cm deep. Phantom couloir felt solid the first half but ran into instability about half way up where we found wind slabbing 10cm down, and a deeper failure around 30 cm (see pic). There were Avy crowns on climbers right and left halfway up, so I suspect there was a natural release that cleared the couloir. Otherwise conditions on the benches were great!