Cold fluff but some more cracks and small slabs

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travisluvsbikes · Jan 6, 2026 · Shames

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Quick report

Weather
cloudy, stormy, sunny
Ride Type
openTrees
Stayed Away
steepSlopes
Riding Quality
good
Snow Conditions
deepPowder, windAffected
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSound, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab

Just to add to Nick's post from today. Cold fluff. Moved to lee N sides. Cracks and small slabs were seen as well. But had a remote triggered (from like 3 m's away?) Small slab, see pic, on hard crusted small steep feature in the trees below cat track under eye candy. Slabs seemed more reactive here and lower down in the open spots. Under thick trees is dust on crust. We stayed away from very wind loaded Steep N facing ridge in the prayer flags zone. Otherwise cold smoke in not so steep not reactive areas. Lower elevation seemed almost more reactive. Weather was all over the place. Some sun, clouds, 1 hr of heavy snow fall.