Log Cabin NE

<p>Sunny and clear sky with light winds from the North. Temps between -16C and -9C at the end of the day. Easy travel conditions and a good day to be out for a tour on the N-NE aspect of Log Cabin. As expected, wind affected and variable snowpack as soon as the trees open up a bit. Snow was decent in the tighter trees along the cutline with 10+cm of soft snow on top. Mostly hard and supportive wind slab conditions above 1200m which is about as high as our group went today. Around that elevation, snowpack depth was anywhere between 50cm-150cm where probed. We stayed on mellow terrain and overall stability felt good. The harder wind slabs were supporting the weight of a skier, but taking skis off was a different story as boot penetration was measured up to 70cm. Our test profile identified a multi-layered snowpack with varying stages of faceting grains throughout. Compression test gave easy results with non planar breaks (CTE7 BRK) at varying depths (see test profile pic). On the ascent, we observed widespread surface hoar growing in sheltered treed areas (see pictures, some of it up to 10mm). Any remnant of SH observed on our route above the cutline had all been knocked down from wind. During the drive to and from the Pass, we noticed what looked like older loose wet avalanches on some steeper solar aspects, which we assumed were at least a few days old. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Steep slopes, Convex slopes.

Weather Conditions

Sunny.