Farm Trail

<p>Warm and wet day at the Farm. Around 0-2 degrees all day, mix of rain and wet snow. Saw several small (size 0.5) natural slides on steep slopes throughout the trees. Hand shear test pulled off a slab of the new storm snow with almost no effort. Dug a pit and compression test failed on the first tap from the wrist (non-planar break). The storm snow slid on a crust layer about 30cm down, but no obvious faceting/surface hoar around this crust layer. We kept to mellow slopes in the trees.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Dense trees.

Terrain Avoided

Steep slopes, Convex slopes, Open trees.

Avalanche Conditions

Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.

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

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

Snow Conditions

Heavy, Wet.

Weather Conditions

Wet, Windy, Warm.