- Submitted by
- thomaswade
- Observations date
- Monday, February 1, 2021 at 21:00
- Location
- 49.763840° N 123.027850° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Heavy
- Powder
- Wet
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Wet
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
20-30cm of new, heavy, wet, sticky snow. A good workout up to Red Heather hut, but lots of large tree bombs on the skin track. Too wet and heavy to wind drift on the meadow slopes, but the new snow is hiding terrain traps that were exposed a week ago. Slow and sticky on the downhill.