New years at Sydney Vallance hut

Quick report

Weather

warm, sunny

Ride Type

mellowSlopes

Stayed Away

steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, convexSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSound

Spent 3 nights at the Sydney Vallance hut from the 29th-1st river was not frozen yet expect to be on foot for the first half and a very shallow snow pack and lots of rocks for the second half. Snow pack at the hut was also shallow about 60-70 cm with a fairly reactive facet layer (CTE 11) about 30cm down, we heard a lot of whumpfs and saw lots of shooting cracks so we kept to fairly mellow slopes but did manage to find a few turns!

Weather

Wind Speed

windSpeedLight

Sky Condition

fewClouds

Precipitation Type

none

Snowpack

Depth

70

Obs Type

summary

Test Fracture

sudden

Site Elevation

2000

Test Initiation

easy

Foot Penetration

60

Cracking Observed

1

Test Failure Depth

30

Site Elevation Band

tln

Surface Conditions

variable

Whumpfing Observed

1

Test Failure Layer Crystal Types

facets