High winds, reactive slabs
Quick reportjeff · Feb 25, 2019 · Kootenay Pass
Quick report
- Weather
- cold, windy, sunny
- Ride Type
- mellowSlopes, denseTrees, sunnySlopes, openTrees
- Stayed Away
- steepSlopes, alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
- Riding Quality
- Terrible
- Snow Conditions
- crusty, heavy, hard, windAffected, powder
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSound
High winds at ridge top strong enough to blow you off your feet. Significant transport created soft slabs in excess of 30cm that propagated and moved easily. Shooting cracks were seen. The hazard does not accurately depict the risk on many aspects at and above treeline in this area. Skied a south aspect but stuck to open trees. A sun crust was present