Glave Peak / Three Guardsmen

We went out on Wednesday and skied the first North bowl out in Dick creek. Most of the skiing was on NE steep sheltered slopes accessed from the ridge. We found a solid 30cm of powder and managing sluff was the main focus. We traveled on south faces of kusawak on the way there and back. We encountered whumpfing in shallow snow pack areas and wet snow in the afternoon (the sun was baking!) The snow condition and dept on Kusawak was variable. We skied the NW face of Glave peak first and found an isolated wind slab at 1600m. We skied amazing powder. Probably the best skiing conditions I've had in the Haines Pass. We then skinned up the north gully and found an existing skin track and debris from snow melting overhead, likely from Thursday. We found loose dry size 1, 1.5 avalanches that were 1 and 2 days old (some covering the existing skin track, some not). Our observation was that overhead debris must have fallen during an afternoon warming event and triggered the avalanches in the last few days. We boot-packed up a NE line. On our way down, one skier triggered a localized 0.5 slab avalanche which carried a bunch more loose dry snow down the slope. Our main concern was managing our sluff. Overall, as found down Dick creek on Wednesday, the north slopes were still holding a solid 30cm of powder, localised wind slabs could get you off your feet as well as the sluff you bring down with you on steep terrain. I hope this helps other skiers. I was particularly thankful for the Yukon Field team reports on Tuesday...way to share the stoke!