Touchy in highway bowl

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, cold

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, steepSlopes

Stayed Away

steepSlopes

Riding Quality

good

Snow Conditions

hard, powder

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSlab

Ski cut a size 2 avalanche from the saddle of the ridge going into highway bowl. Outline of crown and runout shown in red in the pictures. Slab was max 10cm deep right on ridge crest, 4 finger hard wind loaded snow, propagated across the whole feature and down slope, running on early Feb PWL, debris a 150m~ into drainage from start zone. Also triggerd a size 1 by dropping a small cornice on adjacent slope. Skied the hard bed surface, evidence of other recent avalanches upto size 2 in the bowl. Great skiing lower down in the drainage