Powtacular

<p>This area received around 25cm of snow overnight Tuesday accompanied by moderate to strong winds from the south and west today. This built up some touchy storm slabs in the alpine and treeline - we saw evidence of several slab avalanches out in steep alpine terrain as well as experienced some shooting cracks at ridgetop on lee (east facing) slopes. Stepping out of our skis we sunk crotch deep, pretty much the full depth of the snowpack. On skis however we only sunk about 25cm deep while skinning uphill. Total snowpack at 1950m was still only around 85cm. With all these warning signs we chose to stick to low angle treed terrain.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes, Steep slopes, Convex slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

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

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.

Snow Conditions

Deep powder.

Weather Conditions

Windy, Cloudy.