Occasional Flurries = Dumping !

<p>Weather forecast today called for “Sunny breaks” and Occasional flurries”. Well, we had all-day proper snowing in York Creek …. 20 cm of storm snow on the ground at 1900 m when we arrived, 30 cm by the time we headed home. The wind has been blowing at Moderate (enough to transport snow and build cornices and wind slabs) from the SW for the last couple of days, and that continued today at ridgetop. Once again, (pattern this winter), the trick was to select lower angle sheltered terrain to avoid those wind slabs (they were definitely out there in exposed areas at Treeline and above). It stayed cool all day, and we saw no avalanches. We did however observe signs of instability in an open glade on a North aspect at 1900 m (cracking from our skis) and were able to juuust about get a small slab to move stubbornly when we tested a little steep feature where there was no consequence. The other trick today was keeping our A-Arms away from the stumps and rocks in the shallower snowpack at lower elevations :-(</p>

Snow Conditions

Powder.

Weather Conditions

Stormy.