Crazy swings in temperature last few days.
13 below to 40 above in a couple of days with a rain snow mix yesterday in town.
Paulie dropped and met me in a cluster of dense old growth.
The upper section skied well and the dense snow was nice supportive powder turns of the year.
As we entered the middle section, things changed dramatically.
We leapfrogged down to the traverse out, staying next to the ridgeline.
Paulie let me know he was triggering whoomphing and propagating cracks in areas that I had skied.
We regrouped and went farther into the old stands.
Bottom line the lower we got, the higher the avalanche danger became.
We saw evidence of slab releases in NE aspects at 9500 ft and below.
Temps have cooled off since the storm moved through and have skies cleared.
Hope all goes well, like let us know if you are out and see anything.
