Touchy windslabs

Mountain Conditions Report

<p>Today our team planned to ski the East Face of Catamount Peak, approaching via Balu Pass and Catamount Pass.</p> <p>We started encountering small fresh windslabs at around 2300m on the way up towards Catamount Pass. Above Catamount Pass on the way up the shoulder we triggered a sz 1 windslab remotely from 5m away at around 2520m on the SE aspect (from 20cm up to 1m deep and 20m wide). We continued up the shoulder for a while hoping we could still get to the top, but bailed at about 2630m due to windslab concerns. We also triggered a couple more smaller (shallow 10-20cm deep) windslabs on the way down on 40 degree slopes as low as 1850m.</p> <p>Great snow out there, but really slow in the cold temps, kinda felt like we still had our skins on….</p> <p>Alex Geary (Mountain Guide)<br /> Madeleine Martin-Preney (Ski Guide)<br /> Philip Widmer (Ski Guide)</p>