I'd rather be skiing the Selkirks

<p>Thought after the snowfall we'd give the gorge a chance. ? At 21k there was 10-15cm surprisingly well settled snow over the widespread breakable crust. Below 1700m, the crust was well bonded to the temperature affected overlying snow but not the facets below it. Weird little crust/storm slab cookies were touchy in steep trees and pinged you in the shins with their sharp little lens crust edges as you put in the skin track. At higher elevations, where the snow was more wind affected, storm slabs were running on the crust. We saw debris from several size 1 storm slabs less than 12 hours old, running through steep trees on northeast to northwest aspects 1800-2000m. Shooting cracks travelled up to 20m and the storm/crust interface was touchy in hand shears, you only had to isolate two sides. We popped a size 1 Sa in the least steep trees we could find and it ran pretty far for its size. On the bright side, low elevation cut blocks were skiable thanks to the crust. It was fairly white so the pictures aren't great.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Dense trees, Steep slopes, Open trees.

Avalanche Conditions

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Heavy, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy.