Jan 17 SH starting to wake up from 1700-1400 on MacPherson

<p>We enjoyed a great lap in the fingers / burn zones of Macpherson. We paid close attention to the distribution of the Jan 17 SH and modified our plan to a more conservative line when we felt soft slabs over this layer and saw shooting cracks. A few slopes required ski cuts to clean the line before we could ski. We avoided all large, convex steep slopes capable of producing avalanche to size 2. Ski cuts were predictable but a bit sluggish and not propagating beyond our skis. No skicuts were larger than size 1.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Steep slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Steep slopes, Convex slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

Snow Conditions

Powder.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Sunny.