Everything cleared up for about two hours yesterday afternoon, which resulted in the best run of the season down to busstop. It was also clear for about an hour this morning, which resulted in a rather painful 540-to-faceplant on an apparently soft piste. Ouch! However, it's now 1500, and it's puking again. Due to go clear tomorrow.
The snow that's dropped so far is classic AK-pack - it snowed 2 feet and all stuck together! Avalanche risk on any normal face is far less than would be usually expected, but we have got some MASSIVE windslabs up to a metre thick around the place. Someone triggered one right next to the Tichot piste yesterday. He was on his own, had no equipment on him, and was buried for 4 hours before he was reported missing and his body dug out. Don't mess with these slabs - they're scary as hell.
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