- Submitted by
- jake.finnan
- Observations date
- Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 18:00
- Location
- 51.564290° N 116.355940° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Some excellent snow quality found in shaded areas at pulpit knob. Saw some recent size 1's and tons of sluffing coming from steep alpine terrain once the sun hit. Snowpack stabilty was excellent otherwise, no result in snowpit test. Skied very steep supported terrain down the NE aspect of pulpit knob and didn't find any stability issues. Some sluffing to manage but nothing major. Skinning quality was getting poor in the open sunlight especially on south and east facing slopes. Stay away from overhead features that get sun. Spring is here!
