Rainbow Mtn - East Ridge

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, sunny, warm

Ride Type

convexSlopes, openTrees, mellowSlopes, steepSlopes, alpineSlopes

Snow Conditions

heavy, windAffected

Avalanche Conditions

avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionTemp

We skied the north side of Rainbow Mtn and some laps off the east ridge. Everything ALP and TL was heavily wind affected from recent downslope/outflow winds. Hand shears gave easy-mod results down 20 cm in places. The snow was creamy but skied fairly well until around 1500 m when it became a backseat burner in the sticky schmoo. We noticed an accidentally triggered cornice that in turn triggered a shallow slab (20-30 cm deep). The slide ran at least 500 m. Perhaps a size 2.5. Sounds like this probably occurred 24 hrs earlier. It was a warm day with a light overcast sky trapping some heat in. Overall a good day though.