Snowpack said no!

<p>We went out with a plan to ride some steep north facing trees but when we got there we felt the snowpack whumpfing and saw shooting cracks ahead of us. We dug down to have a look and our test results showed a large surface hoar layer buried 60cm deep that was reacting. With this new info we changed our plan and stuck to lower angle trees, avoiding convexities and steep spots.</p>

Terrain Avoided

Convex slopes, Open trees.

Avalanche Conditions

Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.