- Submitted by
- e.skierszkan
- Observations date
- Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 22:39
- Location
- 50.625320° N 122.700650° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
Comments
I came out from 5 days of skiing above Waddington Hut from Dec 31 to Jan 4. It was generally warmer higher up (inversion), but all NE to NW-facing slopes held excellent snow. We skied many runs in the 30-40 degree range between Jan 2 and Jan 4 with no avalanche involvement. There were occasional sluffs ~10 cm deep on convexities that did not propagate far.
All aspects that see sun in the alpine were developing some melt-freeze crust during the week. Many natural avalanches ran on solar aspects sometime between Dec 31 and Jan 1.
To our surprise, duri9ng the day of January 2 there was high overcast cloud that came in, and in the morning of Jan 3 we observed 2-3 mm surface hoar that grew on all aspects, and up to ridge-tops in the alpine.
On Jan 3 the warm sun came out again in the afternoon and I assume the SH was destroyed on solar aspects, but it remained present on shady aspects — something to keep in mind with the new storm system moving in. I will upload a photo if I get the chance.