Double down

southrockies , Friday 24th February, 2023 5:10PM

In Elkford today we found the wind at work up high. Recent new snow was being transported by moderate to strong northwest winds. We were getting shooting cracks on wind slabs built over the past few days at treeline and open ridge features. There were a few natural size 1 to 1.5 wind slab avalanches from steep terrain features. Temperatures were still cold with -19 at 2300 m, at our profile location where we had no significant test results. Cornices are large and looming and with the wind affect in open terrain we decided to ski a sheltered terrain feature where the skiing was really good.