Harvey Pass Windslab Issue

<p>We had dug a pit to start our day just adjacent to the slope(s) we had planned on skiing. We found the new snow from the last storm cycle had consolidated quite well and was producing a pretty stiff slab. It appeared to be failing on the Jan17 surface hoar layer and produced smooth planar failure about 35cms down on 5 light taps from the wrist. This occurred on 2 extended column tests on a nw lee slope. We expected the snow to be slabby and limited our group to a small but steep rocky piece of terrain. A light snowboarder triggered a roughly 50m wide size 1 slab on our second lap on the slope. They easily skied out of the small slab and our group decided to move from the already small slope to even smaller and low angle terrain and no board it to death. Good times were had and it was a great day of managing dangerous conditions as a group, and getting some mellow sled laps in to start the year! </p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Mellow slopes, Steep slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes, Steep slopes, Convex slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

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

Snow Conditions

Hard, Wind affected, Powder.

Weather Conditions

Cold, Cloudy, Sunny.