Red Heather Meadows Feb 7th

<p>We did an evening Red Heather + meadows run at the end of the storm. It was still blowing and visibility ranged from good to poor, snowfall varying between bursts of heavy and generally light but consistent. At the ridgetop of the meadows ~1500m, I got off my skis to transition and sank knee deep in snow, which is about 40cm. Overall I think there was probably 50cm on the more wind loaded slopes and about 30 on the flats. We did not notice any signs of real instability despite the storm, no wumphing, no cracking, or other indicators. Casual tests on trail-side pillows using poles only detached blocks when very significantly cut from the surrounding storm layer. We noted that this seemed to detach around 8-10cm deep on some kind of indefinite (hard to determine) interface (probably between days when it had cooled overnight). The trail had been significantly skied out during the day and by prior parties in the evening.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Steep slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

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

Snow Conditions

Deep powder, Heavy.

Weather Conditions

Foggy, Stormy, Windy.