Trench Warfare

40cm of new snow over the last two days made for some DEEP skiing in the Rockies east of McBride today. We made trenches breaking trail uphill which was a slog, but we were rewarded with some faceshots on the way down. The new snow has definitely not had time to bond yet, and we experienced some shooting cracks and were able to trigger small slabs on steep rolls. We will be keeping our line choices to slopes less than 30 degrees in steepness for at least the next day or two until the snow has a chance to bond.