AST2 Whitewater Ridge

Quick report

robinkatmorris · Feb 21, 2023 · White Pass East

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Quick report

Weather
cloudy, stormy, warm
Ride Type
denseTrees, mellowSlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
steepSlopes
Riding Quality
Good
Snow Conditions
deepPowder, powder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionTemp

65cm+ new snow from this storm made skinning tough. On the uptrack we saw shooting cracks, slabs forming and loose dry. Very deep tree wells and potential for snow immersion. A bit surprisingly, the snow seemed to have stabilized a bit on our descent, and we didn’t see the same evidence of the storm slab from earlier in the day. We stuck to mellow slopes and had difficulty skiing down through all of the fresh pow.