West Ymir - Lone Pine

Quick report

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

convexSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

powder, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

Dropped into wind affected west Ymir bowl around noon, wind coming from the east, and made our way towards Lone Pine chute. 10cm wind slabs were noticed throughout the bowl. Very reactive shooting cracks on convex roll above Lone Pine. Size 1 avalanche was triggered by first skier skiing down the chute. Skier was carried by slide over 90 meters. Skier surfaced unharmed.