- Submitted by
- hosssoc
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 16:30
- Location
- 50.335874° N 122.487173° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Heavy
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Warm
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Chose to ski tszil in hopes of scoring some pow while mitigating concerns about rising avy risks. Snow looked promising until we reached the upper lake where the wind was howling and an apparent inversion resulted in all the sweet pow turning to cake. Skinned toward tszil and decided to abort where we left all the trees behind as the snow conditions worsened. No slides or any signs of instability seen.
