Cornices are not your friends

<p>25cm recent storm snow made for good skiing treeline and below. Quick pit at treeline N aspect showed 160cm total snow. Found 2 crusts below the recent storm snow, first one down 60cm which was "sudden planar" in the hard range (22) in a compression test. The other was down 90cm, quite thin, and below that my probe just dropped to ground through the facets. Perhaps low probably, but with a big trigger (cornice)- high consequence I believe. Stayed away alpine slopes with overhead hazard and stuck to the trees.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Dense trees, Mellow slopes, Open trees, Steep slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes.

Snow Conditions

Powder, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Sunny, Windy.