Avy forecast spot-on

coqstoke , Tuesday 18th February, 2025 10:15AM

We rode Gorge 15km and 17km on Feb 16 and Feb 17. Riding conditions were amazing - about 25cm of dry unconsolidated snow made for face shots all weekend! Avy problems were persistent slab and dry loose, and we saw both of them - thank you forecasters, your report was spot-on! 1. Dry loose - any thing over 35 degrees would produce dry loose with skier trigger. It would run faster and further than we expected. We tried to ride on elevated terrain features and use sluff management to avoid getting caught in this. We also saw multiple natural dry loose likely triggered by tree bombs. 2. Persistent slab - we saw the crown/debris of a size 2 persistent slab avalanche on the NE face of North Queest Mountain. Appears to be natural release. I am unsure when this released. I apologize for poor photo quality, I circled the crowns in red.