auto: Quick Report

<p>Pit at 2350 nw aspect 105cm deep 35 degrees, 10cm of powder on top of a thin 2cm but semi supportive ice crust on top of very thin layer of dense snow til about 90cm, the november 23crust was about 5cm thick, dense snow below, the halloween crust at about 40-50cm was10cm thick on top of dense snow to another crust and 10cm of very moist facets composing the bottem, hard 25 result on column test but no real movement besides a few cm, propagation test showed no results, fresh snow was deeper (20cm) then pit where we skied slightly up the ridge skier triggered underfoot wind slabs on the upper crust in isolated terrain not running very far, skied a SE aspect further up highwood meadows roughly same elevation with deeper fluffier powder (40cm) on top of crust, great skiing lots of sluffing. some debris in the bowls were viewed no crowns assumed from sluffs out of steep skiable and non skiable terrain. was sunny and cloudy with light winds and temps around -3 at 12:30 by 4:30 was snowing greater then a centimeter an hour with heavy winds and high gusts cuasing lots of visible local transport.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Steep slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Snow Conditions

Deep powder, Wind affected, Powder.

Weather Conditions

Stormy, Windy, Cloudy.