Tricouni

<p>We saw wet loose avalanche debris on all aspects between ~1200-1800 m. Lots of it looked old (melted or covered with new snow) but some was new. Lots of pinwheeling too. There was a strong melt-freeze crust below 1300 m or so, but above that there was some breakable crust and very wet heavy snow--bad trailbreaking and skiing. Not proper spring conditions yet. At 2000 m on a SW aspect I dug a hand pit and found a heavy wet 25 cm slab with a planar interface that moved with a bit of pressure ("medium-difficult") is what I told myself). Cornices were immense, and we noticed them on E through NW aspects.</p>

Terrain Ridden

Alpine slopes, Convex slopes, Mellow slopes, Open trees, Steep slopes, Sunny slopes.

Avalanche Conditions

Rapid temperature rise to near zero degrees or wet surface snow.

Snow Conditions

Crusty, Hard, Heavy, Powder, Wet.

Weather Conditions

Cloudy, Warm.