Bullmoose Holzworth Dec. 1
Quick reportksharman · Dec 1, 2021 · Chic-Choc Mountains
Quick report
- Weather
- sunny, windy
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Terrible
- Snow Conditions
- hard, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow
Went on a scenic tour of the flat parts of the Holzworth Meadows bowl to check the conditions out. Rain line was ~1500 m, with a very light rain crust from 1500 to 1600. About 20 cm storm snow in sheltered trees on top of our tracks from Saturday Nov. 27, so this area missed a big dump in this storm cycle. Anything in the open was very wind hammered. Large natural avalanches on the NE slope of Theropod Peak and the N slope of Peak 2, and crown lines were partly drifted in, so more buildup may be ready to come down.
Avalanche
Two avalanches, one is on Theropod Peak, shown in pictures 2 and 3, the other is on Peak 2, shown in picture 4. Both from massive wind loading in the storm of Nov 29/30.