Early Braap Gets the Pow

deeppowdermanymountains, Wednesday 23rd October, 2024 9:32PM

<p>40 cm of storm snow, 15 overnight, with a total base of 245 cm at the lucille cabin. The alpine was wind hammered, so we stayed in the mellow slopes around treeline sniffing out the pockets of deep pow. The sun came out and the temperature was above 0 when we returned to the staging area around noon.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

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

Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.

Snow Conditions

Powder, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy.

Location: 53.24661000 -120.22782000