Hazelton peak north bowl #2

<p>Following a torrential rain pour in Hazelton up until Monday midday, the rain felt up to 950m saturating around 5-10cm of the top layers. Anything below that 950m level has a horrendous breakable crust formed on the surface, even with new 1-3mm surface hoar growth from overnight. Above that elevation, around 10-20cm really nice medium density storm snow fell instead. At treeline and above, signs of wind slab formed everywhere. Upper alpine north-easterly steep cliff faces and pockets show multiple isolated wind slabs pull out at around the 1500-1600m elevation band, with crowns guesstimating around +/-50cm thick and size 1 sluffs running full path. Cornices seems to be growing and are still hanging up there. Down below, no whumping, no step down. Fairly mild temp below freezing with light sse wind up high.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Dense trees, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes, Convex slopes, Steep slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

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

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Powder, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Cold, Sunny.