French Haig Robertson.

<p>Relatively busy day (5 groups) on the FHR circuit with folks trying to get a last kick at it before the big warm up. Quick travel but not quick enough for us; we backed off the south slope to gain the Robertson-Sir Douglas Col. Moist snow in the top 3 cm by 12:30pm and numerous Na point release out of steep solar. Dug by the windlip on the Haig around 2760m in flat terrain at 12:30pm. Temp was -3 in the shade and T10 was -1.5 deg C. Results were: CTM(12) SP down 35 and SC down 50 failing on the same loading step. 15cm (Fist) recent HST overlies a hard (pencil) 20cm WSL. The failure plane down 50 was 1F+ above and 4F Facets below. Skiing out through French Creek we observed a thorough shedding of mostly anything solar that tilted over 35 deg to size 2.5. -14deg C to start the day and +6deg C to finish. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Mellow slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes, Sunny slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

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

Snow Conditions

Hard, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Warm, Sunny.