- Submitted by
- jpolak
- Observations date
- Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 00:59
- Location
- 49.407521° N 123.193736° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Convex slopes
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Foggy
- Wet
- 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
Stayed below tree-line. The top most 5cm has been sliding in slack country around cypress today, relatively easily on 30deg slopes. But deeper layers aren't reacting, even on 50 degree slopes.