Wind carrying snow and forming slabs.

We headed out the door today expecting a bit of wind but we had moderate winds with strong gusts all day, far exceeding what we had planned for. So we took a moment to reassess and talk about whether our plan was still safe. We continued up to a ridge at treeline through low angle terrain where we found large cornices, and significant wind loading happening. Staying well clear, we had good turns back down in sheltered areas to our sleds.

Elk Valley North Test profile at treeline in open trees, some wind effect 15° slope at 2200m Extended column test propagated on the 15th hit down 35 on stellars size 2 Deep tap test on December 8 melt freeze crust with facets above failed as sudden collapse down 101