Tablelands

<p>Stuck to the NE slopes of the Sunny Side Chutes in the Devils Punchbowl to avoid the windslab problem as indicated by the avalanche forecast. Our line had evidence of an older slide and was fairly scoured and icy. On the way up we did dig a pit on a more easterly aspect of a low angle gully that was quite wind loaded. Compression test failed at the 13th tap, resistant planer, but no propagation on extended column test (note: the extended column test did show failure at the 14th tap, and eventually propagated after another 4 taps). Failure layer was a very thin (<1mm) crust about 30cm down. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Steep slopes.

Snow Conditions

Hard, Wind affected.