flat light and bumpy skiing

<p>Natural avalanche observed, see next tab for details. Map pin notes avalanche crown. Non-avalanche near miss described in incident tab. Tour up to Cleveland NE glacier. Temp steady -15c, strong N winds from valley to 1300m. Snow transport throughout the day. While climbing we observed south winds at summit / clouds, which we experienced later. This reversing pattern (N outflow at lower elevation and S at higher elevation) was helpful to observe and we adjusted our model of loading by elevation. Ski pen. 10-15 cm below 1300m, 5 cm 1300-1500 with no significant soft snow above that. Once on the glacier plateau at 1600 sastrugi present, 5-15 cm high. At 1800 m (summit ridge notch) HS 1.05m with a hard crust burried 35cm down. observed greater snow loading on north aspects (Cleveland in photo 4, Feather peak in photo 3) Skiing was ok to good. The sastrugi had soft snow between ridges and skied alright, from 1500 down the snow was windpressed powder, consistent and was fun, no crust. Lower, in sheltered areas the soft snow was fun. The best skiing likely continues to be found in sheltered areas around treeline. Some wind slab present on the ascent, hard on N -NE aspects in the alpine and soft cake forming on S (lee) aspects of many terrain features around 1200m in the canyon. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Mellow slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Steep slopes.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Hard, Wind affected, Powder.

Weather Conditions

Cold, Windy.