Wheaton Whoops

<p>A whooped out sled trail into the Tally Ho zone - still some open water in places. We saw more evidence of a natural avalanche cycle from the last storm. Above 1000m there’s widespread wind effect. We stayed away from wind loaded alpine features that looked like windslabs today. In sheltered terrain and meadows there’s 20-30cm of storm snow and an average snowpack depth of 110cm. Boot pen was up to 35cm in some areas. The sledding in the meadows was great - still plenty of powder to get after. Get it wrong and you can still punch through into the sugary facets at the bottom of the snowpack! Weather wise; the inversion continues. It was -16c at the staging area and -4c up in the meadows. With clear skies the sun was packing a punch and as a result It looked like we had a natural avalanche cycle on steep rocky southeast aspects during the afternoon.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Steep slopes.

Snow Conditions

Wind affected, Powder.

Weather Conditions

Cold, Warm.