- Submitted by
- Maria Alexa
- Observations date
- Thursday, January 7, 2021 at 17:30
- Location
- 49.133018° N 120.855669° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Deep powder
- Heavy
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Beware: there is no shortage of ice in the dense trees, as well as around the trees in more open areas, below 1600m! Sun crust on top of heavy snow on open SSW slopes- we observed lots of sluffing and rollers on steeper SSW aspects.
