West bowl mount Cain ski cut reaction

Quick report

asilverstein11 · Mar 12, 2022 · North Island

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Weather
stormy
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
windAffected

Mount Cain west bowl southern most part towards the bottom of death chute. Our second lap through we tried to investigate a line with a more convex entry point. Snow has been increasing and Wind had picked up and was likely cross loading the gullies. Ski cut on a very small pillow/drift at the top of the convexity resulted in a small initial slide but then a fairly large propagation across the upper slope. Crown was approximately 20cm of wind affected storm snow.

Incident

Comment
<p>Ski cut of a pillow at the top of a convex roll resulted in a propagation and size 1 slide. No skiers caught or affected. </p>
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