Today we turned back on a West facing slope at 2500m that had a consistent
70 cm soft slab on top of 3cm's of grouple on a sun crust. In a quick pit this layer came off the bock before I cold even do any test (very easy).
The skiing of course was excellent, however we saw two skier trigger size 2 avalanches and even got to see one lucky soul take a wild ride in an avalanche 200m away from were we turned around. He was traveling alone and when the slide had come to a stop his head was the only thing out of the debris!
Like I said things have change quite a bit from last weeks relatively stable snowpack, so put your "winter snowpack thinking cap" back on and have some fun out there.
Craig McGee, Mountain Guide
craigskibum@yahoo.com
604 902 0296
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