SW Gultch

<p>Cold and windy. A day for ratcheting it back, so we poked around the woods, and East facing slopes around the “Japan Trees”. Moderate to strong NW winds and steady light snow, made for active loading on our east facing sloops. Soft slabs in the top 20 cm were reactive in our tests, but did not show much in the way of propagation potential. Monday’s temperature/rain crust was around 5 cm thick, and ranged in depth from exposed to 50 cm deep in loaded areas. We found good bonding at this crust, new snow interface. Zero visibility kept us out of the bigger train, and provided limited observations. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Hard, Powder, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Cold, Windy.