Pitter Patter Let’s Get Adder

Quick report

Weather

cloudy, stormy, windy

Ride Type

alpineSlopes, mellowSlopes, openTrees, steepSlopes

Riding Quality

ok

Snow Conditions

hard, heavy, powder

Traversed 5040 Peak to Adder Mountain on Sunday. 5cm fresh snow from Saturday. The day got progressively cloudy and windy with 2-3cm of snow falling during the day. Thick cloud made for difficult conditions navigating the alpine. Skier triggered cornice fall with chunks up to 1m^3 in size. Cornice was hanging on the north aspect of Adder’s summit ridge and caused minor propagation on the slope below (10m wide) and slid 30m.