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Surfing the Micro Wave

AvCan NorthwestMicrowave-Sinclair
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Quick report

Weather
cloudy, stormy, sunny
Ride Type
cutBlocks, mellowSlopes, openTrees
Stayed Away
steepSlopes
Riding Quality
good
Snow Conditions
hard, powder, windAffected

Today we headed up the Microwave to see what we could see. The day was a mixed bag for us with sunny patches, thick cloud, and pulses of snow. Winds were light from the SE, -7 and we found the crust from the warm weather over the weekend dissipated at 1500m. With the little visibility we had we did manage to observe a size 2.5 wind slab out of a NW alpine feature likely running Sunday. At 1600m we dug a test pit on a SE aspect and found 370cm of snow. In testing we had results in our extended column tests down 40 on a 10 cm layer of preserved stellar crystals that will likely keep wind slabs reactive for a little longer than usual.