Pow cow touchy conditions

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oswin33 · Jan 24, 2016 · Bull

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Weather
cloudy, warm
Ride Type
denseTrees, convexSlopes, mellowSlopes
Stayed Away
openTrees, alpineSlopes, cutBlocks, sunnySlopes
Riding Quality
amazing
Snow Conditions
heavy, deepPowder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionTemp

Skied cabin trees at pow cow, little sand. Ski cut convex at top of area in dense trees and produced 2- 2.5 slab. Depth was approx 30cms deep (24 hour storm snow) ran down to plateu and proper gated approx 200 metres across. Tests in our snow pit showed weakness on hoar layer, slab released extremely easily.