Bruins Ridge and 8812 Bowl

Anticipating poor visibility, we went for a ramble to check out Ursus Trees. Visibility improved somewhat, and we decided to go higher. Dug a pit on a 22 degree East facing slope just south of Bruin’s ridge. Failure on CTE 6, resistant planar, roughly 50cm down (storm snow). Storm slab broke into two consolidated pieces, approximately 15 cm above the main fracture. Deeper layers did not react. ECT showed no propagation. Approach up Bruin’s ridge was wind-hammered, but good skiing into 8812.

Dug a pit on a 22 degree East facing slope just south of Bruin’s ridge. Failure on CTE 6, resistant planar, roughly 50cm down (storm snow). Storm slab broke into two consolidated pieces, approximately 15 cm above the main fracture. Deeper layers did not react. ECT showed no propagation.