Conservative Christmas

jeremycflamand, Saturday 8th February, 2025 10:38PM

<p>Poor visibility for most of the day, fairly warm temperatures when out of the wind. Pit dug on NE aspect of Fraser ridge. Total snow depth ~160cm. Failure at 55cm and 75cm from surface at CTM12, and again at CTE7 on mellow slope. We did not remove our skins and rather backtracked our skin track. Knee deep skin track filled in within 45min. Shooting cracks and wumphing.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Dense trees.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes, Steep slopes, Sunny slopes, Convex slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.

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

Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.

Snow Conditions

Wet, Deep powder, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Stormy, Windy.

Location: 59.70610750 -135.10229137