Sky Pilot Approach

Quick report

andrewgrimes.marine · Mar 20, 2022 · Sky Pilot

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Quick report

Weather
cloudy, foggy, stormy
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, convexSlopes
Riding Quality
Amazing
Snow Conditions
deepPowder

We dug our pit @ ~1700m NE aspect on 35° slope. Storm slab of 30cm depth poorly bonded to buried slab of another 30m depth. 1cm depth facets ontop of rain crust found at ~85cm depth We had 2x RCT 14 at a depth of 60cm. Our ECT showed no significant results and our Rutschblock test came back with a 30cm planar release simply from the skier stepping out onto the block. We decided to turn around

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