Pine Pass

Quick report

nitro · Mar 26, 2017 · Pine Pass

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Quick report

Weather
warm, sunny
Ride Type
mellowSlopes, denseTrees
Stayed Away
convexSlopes, steepSlopes, sunnySlopes
Riding Quality
OK
Snow Conditions
crusty, wet
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionTemp, avalancheConditionSnow

Snow pack was 160 cm surface was heavily affected by solar radiation and you could see size 2 avalanches had been released day before on south facing slopes. Biggest layer of concern is down 60cm failed 3 times at CTM 12-13 on 3-5mm facets. This layer did not propagate across the slope during the ECT. But I feel as the snow pack warms up