East shoulder of Mt Haig

Snowpack

jon.berlie · Nov 29, 2019 · Northwest Inland

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Quick report

Weather
cold, cloudy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, denseTrees, openTrees
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
deepPowder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound

Some shooting cracks and eerie hollow wind slabs on the cross loaded ridges. New soft slab was cracking and sliding off old wind slab. We ended up avoiding these areas and skiing low angle sheltered trees with no overhead hazard.

Snowpack

CT 14 SUDEN PLANAR 40 CM DOWN ON PREVIOUS CRUST. 2 ND FAILURE 25 60 CM DOWN ON ANOTHER CRUST