- Submitted by
- Alex Cooper
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 21:45
- Location
- 50.879320° N 118.200750° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Deep powder
- Heavy
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
We went up Begbie Shoulder from the highway. There was an ice crust until about 900m. From there to 1,200m, the snow was quite heavy, but it got better and better as we go higher. As we neared the top, trail breaking was more than knee deep.
We dug a quick pit at about 1,800m. Snowpack was 260cm deep. We only dug down a metre so can't speak to what's going on beneath the latest storm snow, but did get a sudden collapse after 12 taps. We didn't notice any other signs of stability and saw no natural activity other than some sluffing caused by tree bombs.
Skiing was incredibly up high, pretty good until 1,200m, and terrifying once we hit the ice crust. We exited via the sled road to make life a little easier. I wouldn't go back there without a sled.