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Bluebird day was the only thing great that day

martinrichard9White Pass West
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Quick report

Weather
warm, sunny
Ride Type
alpineSlopes, steepSlopes
Riding Quality
terrible
Snow Conditions
crusty, windAffected, hard

Excited to enjoy a great bluebird day in the White Pass, we drove with the hope that the snow from Tuesday was enough and not too wind affected, to enjoy some pow turns. The hope was kind of low when we saw how the wind affected the E and the S aspects. Nothing inspiring. Sastrugi, sastrugi and sastrugi. So we decided to ski Big Kahuna. The way up on Fraser was not pleasant. Thick sastrugi, hard cement snow, hard win crust and firm-textured snow. About the way down. Big Kahuna was horrible. The first half was hard snow where only your edges are holding. The second half was not better. Still cement snow but now mix with sastrugi and firm wind crust. So let’s pray for a reset in the WP !!!

Avalanche

Run Length
50
Slab Width
50
Wind Exposure
leeSlope
Avalanche Size
1.5
Slab Thickness
25
Vegetation Cover
openSlope
Avalanche Character
windSlab
Number Of Avalanches
1
Avalanche Observation
moreThan48hrsAgo
Start Zone Elevation Band
alp
Avalanche Occurrence Datetime
2022-02-23T17:11:00.000Z

We observed an old avalanche (skier’s right) at the bottom of the rocky ridge. See picture 4. *forgot to take picture of the debris.