Lots of wind loading happening

<p>More snow being transported than we expected NW of Sparwood today. We saw natural wind slab avalanches in alpine, cross loaded features that happened while we were in the field and immediately before. Dug down to check if the persistent slab was in this zone, and couldn’t find any evidence of it. No whumpfing, cracking or failures in our test pit. We chose a sheltered spot away from wind loaded slopes to try and find some soft snow unaffected by the wind and were rewarded with some pretty good riding. </p>

Terrain Ridden

Mellow slopes, Open trees.

Terrain Avoided

Alpine slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Slab avalanches today or yesterday.

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

Snow Conditions

Powder, Wind affected.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Windy.