Avalanches everywhere

<p> Today we went riding at Bijoux in Pine Pass. We were expecting the avalanche hazard to be high with lots of new snow and strong winds. Within 20 minutes of riding our assumptions were confirmed when we triggered a storm slab from 5 meters away and it propagated 300 meters wide. Further up the trail we rode up on a small terrain feature and a shooting crack appeared across the top. We observed numerous natural avalanches that released yesterday on steep features. We enjoyed riding in the meadows around the cabin where we were far from any exposure to avalanche terrain or run-out zones. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Dense trees, Mellow slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes, Convex slopes, Open trees, Steep slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

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

Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.

Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.

Snow Conditions

Deep powder.

Weather Conditions

Stormy.