Haines Pass

We were in Haines Pass Monday thru Wednesday. Haines Summit got 10 cm new snow on Wednesday, it came in with SE winds 30 km/hr and warmed to near zero at highway level. In sheltered areas we found over 30cm of powder. We were wary of fresh windslabs. Earlier in the week on Monday we saw a skier remote size 1 avalanche on a south slope around 1500 m in the Kusawak area. It released about 50 m away from the rider and ran for about 100m. Suspect it failed down 30cm on a buried suncrust. On Tuesday and Wednesday we found excellent powder riding in sheltered areas around Mineral Lakes.