Slow Goin

<p>Very wet, heavy snow from valley bottom to around 1100m made for a grind setting a track. Snow quality increased above 1100m. About 35cm fresh snow, and was snowing heavily from when we started out around 08:00 and started to lighten up around 13:30. Was a wet and windy day, temperature hovering around freezing valley bottom and around -2 at 1300m. Set off a very small loose wet slide on a steep slope at 1000m. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.

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

Snow Conditions

Heavy, Wet, Deep powder.

Weather Conditions

Wet, Stormy, Windy, Warm, Cloudy.