Windslabs and 3 Broken Ski Poles
Quick reportnorthrockiesfieldteam · Mar 1, 2020 · McBride
Quick report
- Weather
- windy, cloudy
- Riding Quality
- Good
- Snow Conditions
- windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
Strong south winds today were rapidly building cornices and windslabs in lee north through east facing slopes. I was able to ski cut several size 1 slabs 10-20cm deep on lee apects today. We found good skiing lower down in sheltered trees and avoided the alpine due to the wind effect. We also saw one size 2 windslab on a neighbouring mountain on a north east aspect.