Ten Mile Pond

Our first foray into 10 Mile Pond this season. Moderate to High NW winds, blowing snow, and cold conditions, kept us from getting high the vallley, and kept us off of any bigger slopes. We observed cross loading throughout the valley, loading up alpine start zones, and lee features. No evidence of avalanches this season, but the more obvious slopes looked heavily loaded, and the overall feel of the snow pack in the valley bottom, gave us plenty reason not to investigate. Wind Slabs were forming real time, all day, We chose getting out of the valley early, and safely, over the the lure of the Newfoundland powder.