Big creek

Overall, I found generally stable conditions. Dry loose avalanches and isolated wind slabs were my main concern. Traveled on north and south aspects. This area had received 1.5 inches of SWE in the 72 hours prior. This fell onto a stout crust layer from a warming event. I did not experience any collapsing or cracking of the snow (with 1 exception that I’ll get into) nor really notice much signs of wind loading/sculpting. Skiing steep terrain, I utilized ski cuts and terrain management to counteract the dry loose snow hazards. All things considered, these dry loose avalanches were relatively small, but enough to push you into trees/twist a knee etc… along the ridges, I really didn’t notice any wind slab development. Skiing a 2nd lap on a same aspect (south) and similar terrain, I had a good reminder that wind slabs can be mid slope and to not become complacent once below a usual wind slab development location (along the ridges etc…) I unintentionally triggered a small (6 inch depth and roughly 20 foot wide) wind slab mid turn. Luckily the terrain already had me straight lining the small choke with a good safety zone to dump my speed. Not really a big deal unless you consider 1-skiing Han Solo, 2-still had a 1000’ climb (breaking trail), and 3-was late in the afternoon. A twisted knee here would not have been a good thing. Just a good reminder that even small hazards can magnify if caught with your guard down. Again, didn’t see any signs of wind slabs aside from this isolated terrain feature MID-slope.

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