5 Mile - The Burn
Quick reportlara.thiessen · Jan 23, 2021 · North Rockies
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, sunny
- Ride Type
- denseTrees, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- alpineSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Terrible
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, hard, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab
Inconsistent skiing, wind slab to shear crust. Very wind affected in alpine and upper treeline NW aspects. Surface hoar 3-6mm in treed and wind-sheltered areas observed. Skied a NE aspect steep, treed line with 5-15cm on top of crust - significant sluffing End of day observed another group trigger a size 1 slab traversing a steep, open, NW slope