Skier remote Fridays: McDermid edition

<p>Planned for a mellow day due to conditions. We found up to 20cm of new snow from Thursday night's storm in the McDermid basin. Walked up a densely treed ridge with no overhead hazard. We performed two snowpack tests on the N aspect of the ridge at 1725m and got a moderate sudden planar result in a column test, and a hard result that did not propagate across an extended column, both on the Jan 24 SH/FC layer. While skinning up the ridge, we triggered multiple size 1.5 avalanches remotely from 5-15m away on the steeper slope off the ridge. Avalanches were on a N wind loaded aspect with open trees and failed 60cm down on the Jan 24 SH/FC layer above a pencil crust. Start zones between 1750-1950m. They ran fast and far with crowns up to 1m deep in places and triggered more slabs further down the slope. Good day for skiing ridges and low angle pow. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Dense trees, Mellow slopes.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes, Convex slopes, Open trees, Steep slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.

Snow Conditions

Powder.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy.