<p>A weekend of lift assisted backcountry at Mt Cain:
Saturday Feb 25: We arrived with high hopes for skiing in the alpine, however the wind had removed or pressed all of the existing snow into awfulness, newly arriving snow was quickly scrubbed away. Sluff was long running in the 3 o'clock trees all day on Saturday. We saw also observed the remnants of a series of sz 1 avalanches in the west bowl from snow earlier in the week.
Sunday Feb 26: It snowed roughly 15-20 cms overnight with low winds, we headed up to the west bowl to check it out, we observed a fresh sz 2 skier accidental at the entrance to the west bowl. It appears the avalanche triggered above and behind the skier as the skier traversed across the slope, the slide was approx 15 m wide and ran over 100 m, the skier was not caught. We observed a second skier accidental sz 1.5 in door 2 in the morning that sent a skier for a ride without injury. By 2 pm the new storm snow had stabilized and we could not get any results from hand shears in the NE side of the west bowl. We got a closer look at the door 2 avalanche and noted it failed on a convexity, it was approx 30 cm deep and 15 m wide, running for approx 30 m.
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Terrain Ridden
Alpine slopes, Dense trees, Mellow slopes, Open trees, Steep slopes.
Terrain Avoided
Convex slopes.
Avalanche Conditions
Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Snow Conditions
Crusty, Deep powder, Hard, Heavy, Powder, Wind affected.
Weather Conditions
Cloudy, Cold, Sunny, Windy.
Location:
50.22766000 -126.33852000
