- Submitted by
- southrockies
- Observations date
- Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 20:48
- Location
- 49.441560° N 114.890290° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Cut blocks
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Stormy day in the Flathead with significant loading from new snow, wind and rising freezing levels. On our morning ride we noticed some small storm slabs on cutbanks. Visibility was poor and we couldn’t see into the high treeline or alpine terrain. With that in mind we chose to ride terrain under 30 degrees in steepness with no overhead hazard such as cornices. In the late afternoon the rate of snowfall was picking up again and so were the south west winds. As we made our way out in the afternoon and the snow turned to rain at around 1300 metres.
