Fraser Chutes

Knowing the winds was moderate to extreme in the last couple days, that we received 20cm of new snow, in the morning, the ceiling was low and visibility was bad, we decide to ski trees at Fraser Chutes. We experienced different kind of snow (wind slab, powder, crust, hardpack). We were able to find some good snow with low risk but be careful our column test result was CT2 on SO aspect and shooting cracks (see the snowpack tab). Around noon, the clouds started to open and clear the sky around 14h. In pm, It was warm in the shelter of the wind.

In the morning, the ceiling was low and the visibility was bad. Around noon, the clouds start to open and clear the sky around 14h.

We did a column test and the result was CT2 (easy) on a 32 degree slope, SO aspect and at 1100m. - The first layer was powder (15-20cm) - 10cm slab - 3cm of surface hoar (weak layer - failure layer) - Then compact snow (pen) to the bottom