Moody 5-Mile

Submitted by
Yukon Field Team
Observations date
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 23:00
Location
59.465060° N 136.361790° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Moody 5-Mile

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Hard
  • Powder
  • Wind affected
We rode:
  • Dense trees
  • Open trees

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Stormy
  • Wet
  • Windy
Avalanche conditions
  • Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.

Comments

The weather didn’t give us much of a break for our first field day in the Haines Pass, so we settled into a tree tour at 5-Mile—an area that’s seen plenty of traffic lately. We started skinning during a brief lull, but strong north winds cranked up by mid-day.

About 5–10 cm of storm snow is sitting on a stout-to-breakable crust, softening as you climb.

We topped out around upper treeline thanks to the wind. On the way down, we noticed some shooting cracks below our boards on steeper slopes and convexities. There isn’t much snow available to move right now, but that storm-snow-on-crust interface is weak—and something we’ll definitely be thinking about if this storm produces significant accumulation through the weak.

Plug for my Prior BC Split. Love this board.
Plug for my Prior BC Split. Love this board.
Shooting cracks with small propagation. There isn't enough snow to produce serious slab avalanches in most areas at treeline, but this could change with more snow.
Shooting cracks with small propagation. There isn't enough snow to produce serious slab avalanches in most areas at treeline, but this could change with more snow.
Small slab on convex feature. Failure layer is below the eroding melt-freeze crust.
Small slab on convex feature. Failure layer is below the eroding melt-freeze crust.