Fairy Lake

Fairy Lake

Date
Activity
Skiing

Started early, into the alpine by 0830, the wind was already ~20-30G40, with cold windblown drifts on most aspects, but predominately E and NE slopes. I skied a SE slope, refrozen snow that never even started to warm up. By 8500ft (0945-1000), the wind was 40-50G60+, making it hard to travel because of it. It was transporting a ton of snow, but I never ran into any concerning slabs on the slope I booted/skied until the last 100ft of the coulior where I transitioned and skied down. On the egress, I skied a steepish slope, ESE at treeline that had 20-30cm of soft wind slab on the old snow. It was unreactive while skiing but definitely felt like it could slide on a steeper/less supported slope.

Region
Bridger Range
Location (from list)
Fairy Lake
Observer Name
Wyatt Gober