St. Nicholas and Mt Olive Col

<p>The canyon up to Bow hut still has excellent coverage. Convexities in the alpine were touchy, surface wind slab was cracking off the ski. Above Bow Hut the snow on the glacier was good skiing. At 08:00 we observed an avalanche off the east face of Haddo Peak from the highway, Na, no obvious trigger, large powder cloud suspected size 2 or 3, hard to determine as we could not see the runout. Exiting the canyon, below the uptrack to Bow Hut, we passed a recent size 1 slab avalanche, down 30cm, around 15m wide, ran into the canyon, on a steep westerly slope.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Convex slopes, Steep slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.

Snow Conditions

Powder, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy.