Rossland Range

Submitted by
keith@kootenayavalanchecourses.com
Observations date
Monday, December 30, 2019 at 22:00
Location
49.234000° N 117.862170° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Rossland Range

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Good
Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Powder
We rode:
  • Mellow slopes
  • Open trees
We stayed away from:
  • Steep slopes

Information

Avalanche conditions
  • Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.

Comments

AST1 Group doing their field day in the Rossland Range. Height of snow = 60-120cm. Weak snowpack overall (see test results under snowpack tab). 3 whumpfs in separate locations within the Treeline elevation on South and West aspects. Seemed more like Considerable Danger than the Moderate as reported for the entire Kootenay Boundary Region. Part of what is keeping the area from seeing more avalanche activity is that much of the terrain is barely above threshold for producing avalanches. It will be interesting to see how the snowpack reacts if we get a big load on it.