Quick report
- Weather
- stormy, sunny, warm
- Ride Type
- alpineSlopes, convexSlopes, steepSlopes
- Stayed Away
- sunnySlopes
- Riding Quality
- amazing
- Snow Conditions
- powder, windAffected
- Avalanche Conditions
- avalancheConditionSlab, avalancheConditionSnow, avalancheConditionSound
Main face of Mackenzie icy high , filled in low w soft dry powder snow.South aspect goat peak bit icy , avoided Montana major slide paths , up to lower col of Kokanee snow stable ... Climbing ridge of kokannee above Montana was inspecting cornice above Montana bowl 15:m from edge. Suddenly drop and giant whoomph shooting Crack immediately north to the edge all cornice fell 15-20m length followed by loud rumble when we gained the summit at almost heli we observed end fan of large slide in Montana bowl we estimated 2.5 in size .. Skiied steep and steep line into the Montana bowland inspected the fan of the avalanche, which cleaned out everything above the cliff and fully engulfed the ski track in the bottom of the valley. The run was so wonderful, we immediately headed back up.\nTwo of us then skied , again from almost heli (kokanee n.e.shoulder into Montana bowl) As I skied into the unsupported convex role, a large chunk\nSplit across about ten meters and ran down to the first bench below. Was expecting it to possibly slide and was skiing fine to the escape zone. Just about everything this afternoon.\n That was wind loaded on a steep unsupported aspect was sliding with between 10 and 40 cm\nOf a crown. Neither of these avalanche stepped down below the January crust The January drought layer seems strong but everything that's building on top doesn't seem like it wants to bond anywhere . Just expecting all unsupported steeps are ready to slide