Backside of Gem

<p>Beautiful bluebird day with about 15 cm of mostly untouched powder on the backside of Gem chair. There was a very touchy, consolidated storm slab of about 10-15 cm on the eastern aspect slopes I was skiing. The storm slab cut loose on one steeper open section, propagating about 10 metres wide, and running down the steeper section I was on (see photo). I did not see much evidence of deeper instability in the snowpack. Some signs of significant warming into the afternoon.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Dense trees, Open trees, Sunny slopes.

Snow Conditions

Powder.

Weather Conditions

Sunny, Warm.