- Submitted by
- lucasmatt
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 12, 2017 at 20:00
- Location
- 54.499820° N 128.961440° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Heavy
- Powder
- Wet
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Stormy
- Wet
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Skied Phayzurs finding deep upside down snow with the heavy fresh snow overlying the dry snow of yesterday. On steep rolls we had shooting cracks but without a slab it was just sluffing off. Was a mild, wet day where goggle management was key.