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Wind slabs and loose snow avalanches

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Quick report

Weather
cold, windy
Ride Type
openTrees, mellowSlopes
Stayed Away
alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
amazing
Snow Conditions
deepPowder
Avalanche Conditions
avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSlab

Three days in the Kakwa working on the weather station and making snowpack observations. There was an avalanche cycle on Tuesday night caused by reverse loading as winds switched to the NW. On Wednesday and Thursday upper elevation winds continued to build wind slabs in exposed locations.