Tumbling Peak Avy Paths

<p>Skied the Avy paths towards the south end Tumbling peak today. Windy and snowing hard, increasing throughout the day. 20cm of powder on a crust at lower elevation, increasing to 40+cm by treeline. Skied deep powder on our first run, minimal wind effect noted. By the time we skied a second lap wind transport had intensified and we triggered a size 1.5-2 soft wind slab on the crust, at about 1900m. Fracture line was well above skier, slab likely 20-25cm deep with sizeable propagation, managed to hang on and not go for a ride. Conditions were rapidly deteriorating so we didn’t stick around to investigate further. Triggered numerous size 1 wind slabs there rest of the way down. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Snow Conditions

Powder.

Weather Conditions

Stormy.