Toured up to 2500m yesterday near Mt Brennan with ACMG Ski Guides Martin Lefebvre and Roger Yim.
10cm of new snow in last 24 hours with light winds
Coverage and ski quality were both incredible for early season.
Found a thin sun crust on steep south down 10cm
Evidence of previous wind effect on upper reaches of Mt Brennan
By mid afternoon we observed a natural avalanche cycle to sz 1.5 out of steep southeast-southwest terrain. mostly ran as loose dry, but it did pull several thin slabs below rocky headwalls. No reactivity skiing or uptracking through steep rolls.
On lower angle solar terrain, the ski quality remained great through the end of the day.
Test Profile
2250m South Open Alpine Bowl
30 degrees
Height of Snow 170cm
Nov 5 Crust down 115cm
15cm thick knife hardness
Facets above and below
laminated crusts below
Results
Compression Test No Result x2
Deep Tap Test Hard (22) Sudden Planar x2 down 115cm on Facets size 2-3mm above Nov 5 crust