With spring riding conditions coming on with stable and supportable snow, Craig Gordon has been talking about riders getting into steeper terrain and thinking about the slopes we choose to ride. This northeast facing slope in upper Whitney Basin had a large cornice fall and triggered a small avalanche in the recent past. This area went through a natural avalanche cycle earlier in the winter and has remained shallow with weak snow. Trying to know a little history of the slopes we want to ride is always good information to have.