Typically the springtime brings improving stability. Not this winter. We had lots of early season snow and then February and March brought small storms and a series of weak surface hoar crystals creating avalanche hazard. Toward mid-March the amount of snow on top of the weak layers was a huge threat. For the last month we had been treading very carefully in the mountains around Wildhorse keeping everyone safe. Looking carefully at the photo below you can see a 50-70cm fracture line across 300m of Wildhorse Bowl. Great skiing when the conditions permit. Our first priority is keeping everyone safe - even when everyone is saying "steep and deep".
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