Guinness Gully

Size 1.5 debris at the bottom of the climb had very little snow on it so must have come down towards the end of the storm 3 days ago. Tracks indicated that people had climbed it yesterday. 20-30cm of mostly unconsolidated, i.e. non cohesive snow above the first pitch. A quick hand shear test was done and the 30cm of storm snow could be pulled as a block but it was not very cohesive. So yes there is a ton of snow in there and the neighbouring trees also have a fair bit of snow in them. As the sun slightly heated tree tops towards the end of the afternoon, we witnessed two size 1 loose avalanches (potentially enough to knock a climber off) most likely triggered by tree bombs that picked up mass as they went down. So heads up in there if it gets warmer or if the wind picks up!

Quick hand shear test in the new storm snow. Generally not much cohesiveness to the storm snow yet but it could be pulled as a block.