- Submitted by
- Summit Mountain Guides
- Observations date
- Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 07:27
- Location
- 49.680760° N 117.267590° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
A grey day in the Northwest facing bowl just west of Mount Cornfield in the Kokanee Range near Nelson. We skied West, North and Southeast aspects between 2250m and 1800m. Found good protected powder snow on Northwest aspects. Wind effect near ridge top and new wind slabs in immediate lee of South East winds. Minor cracking and whumpfing observed in these areas. Sun crust on steep West aspects at treeline and on most steeper solar aspects. Test profile at 1950m on North aspect showed no results to compression test in top 100cm. Height of snow in this location was 195cm.
