Deep but not in a good way

Soumis par
ksharman
Date d'observation
mardi 23 février 2021 à 19 h 00
Localisation
55.098230° N 121.298360° W
Rapport concernant
  • Conditions de neige
Carte pour le rapport du Réseau d'information en montagne: Deep but not in a good way

Conditions de neige

La qualité du hors-piste était:
OK
Les conditions de neige étaient :
  • Poudreuse abondante
  • Lourde
  • Affectée par le vent
Nous avons parcouru:
  • Pentes de faible inclinaison
Nous sommes restés à l'écart de:
  • Pentes alpines
  • Pentes raides

Information

La journée était:
  • Nuageuse
  • Ensoleillée
Conditions d'avalanche
  • Whoumfs ou bruits sourds ou fissures qui se propagent.

Commentaires

Went up to treeline in a bowl in the Perry Creek drainage. Deep heavy trail breaking from the weekend's wet dump. Ski penetration 30 cm, foot pen 60+. Pole tests found hollow layer 30-50 cm down. Widespread whumpfing everywhere. Dug a pit and found Hs 200 cm, 10 cm nice pow on top, planar layers at 30, 50 and 80 cm down. Not much reacting in compression tests; CTM19 at 30 down. It was one of those days where the pit didn't look bad, but all the other indicators were concerning. On the flatter terrain that we stuck to, it was too slow to make turns unless it was a bit windblown.
The only snow that held you up enough to make turns was windblown, but this had nice pow on top.
No signs that these released.
Wind affected in the alpine. Looks like cornice fall debris, but hard to tell due to drifting.