Inbetweener

<p>A proper mixed-bag spring day in North Terrace, started off in the sun and found a 2cm breakable crust to 950m where the crust finally gave way to wind pressed styrofoam. Temps were warm up to 900m which thankfully melted the crust for our egress. Some clouds moved in with ridge top winds and kept the alpine snow cool. We saw widespread storm slab crowns (size 1.5-2) on the NNW aspect, all starting near ridge top @1400m and running about 1/2 path, no sign of stepping down to older layers. No concerning instability found on our objective (West face) but moderate planar results in a hasty pit down 20 and 25 cm- above and below a 5cm 4 finger density slab</p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Open trees, Sunny slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Steep slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

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

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Sunny, Warm, Windy.