Banana Chute

Quick report

Weather

warm, sunny

Ride Type

steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, sunnySlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

powder, heavy, windAffected, wet

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionTemp

We skied Banana Chute in the late afternoon. The bootpack was a solar oven with a mix of wet snow, crusts, and rock, but the high N/NW aspects had dry snow. Wind slabs sheared cleanly at about 5cm and 15cm in hand pits very close to the ridge and some of the 5cm slab released in a ski cut across the chute entrance. Lower in the chute (around 2000m) the snow was soft but heavy and becoming wet.