One Night at Tunnel

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, stormy

Ride Type

denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees

Stayed Away

alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

amazing

Snow Conditions

deepPowder, heavy

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow

Spent the night at Tunnel hut. ~20cm fresh storm snow on Monday. Made for great uphill travel and skiing conditions. We rode Sunny Side. Storm snow was well supported on south aspects by a solar crust. Decided to dig a pit on the north aspect of tunnel ridge. ~1900m, N, 35°, HS 320cm, CTM15 propagated 20cm down, soft slab/non-cohesive, then CTM17 propagated again on the Jan 26 PWL, cohesive slab, clean fracture. PWL still reactive. Opted not to ride north aspect, and rode Slide Side where there was a supportive crust underneath the storm snow. Woke up Tuesday am to another 20cm storm snow. We chose the safest egress option and rode the skin track/gully back to the road and down to the parking lot. Super fun ski out with the fresh snow. Small crack/propogation on low angle terrain during ski out. Still very touchy conditions in consequential terrain. Happy with our choices to enjoy some excellent powder in conservative terrain!