Avalanche Canada Wasn’t Joking When They Said High Avalanche conditions

<p>Renshaw, McBride Lots of avalanche activity around. Where we rode today, saw three recent slides. 1 of them being a substantial size. The other 2 were cornices breaking off of small leeward slopes (very little runout as the mellow slope didn’t allow for a long runout). Very windy up in the alpine from the southwest. Approx 2.5’ of powder had fallen in the past few days. Yesterday, riding quality was absolutely amazingly with the fresh powder. Today with the wind, started becoming wind affected especially in open alpine terrain. Substantial wind cross loading observed. Because of the high avalanche conditions and activity around, we chose conservative terrain which was open bowls and mellow slopes. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes, Convex slopes, Steep slopes, Sunny slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

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

Snow Conditions

Deep powder.

Weather Conditions

Warm, Windy.