- Submitted by
- Trapper Gilowski
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 17:40
- Location
- 54.877720° N 120.918970° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Stormy
- Warm
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 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
Lots of signs of instability. Strong winds blowing all day from the south west with significant wind loading. As we walked down onto a little slope below the access trail we had the slope collapse and crack. We investigated further and found a 30cm wind slab reacting on facets, total Hight of Snow was around 80cm.
