Kokaknee north

Quick report

Anonymous · Jan 3, 2023 · North Island

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Quick report

Ride Type
alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
Stayed Away
convexSlopes, sunnySlopes
Riding Quality
OK
Snow Conditions
crusty, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSlab

Nice day out above the clouds. Found the button on a very steep slope. Otherwise the only issue with the skiing was a lite rime crust from Sunday, the locals claimed it wasn't there, but it is.

Avalanche

Ski cut sent a good amount of sluff down very steep face. A slab failed and propagated either direction at the cliff/bowl transition. Interface was new snow on top of likely rimed, 1 finger wind slab from a few days ago, before the lower density snow restarted. 30cm x 60m wide, harmless. Definitely seemed like a good test for structure of slope, sadly no massive avalanche occurred.

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