- Submitted by
- sebastianek7
- Observations date
- Monday, January 22, 2024 at 18:00
- Location
- 52.498640° N 117.594180° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Spent the day up at Churchhill, had mostly unsupportive snow (ski pen of 50 cm), but no obvious weaknesses observed below TL. Near the top of our runs (2150m), there was lots of whumpfing. Ride quality was fairly good, but with the low snow cover (HS 80cm at 2150m) we found a few rocks with our gear. Temperatures were quite warm, reaching above freezing from TL to valley bottom midday. The river crossing has frozen over nicely too.
