- Submitted by
- cdnmoose11
- Observations date
- Friday, January 27, 2017 at 18:14
- Location
- 53.065250° N 121.516570° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
Comments
We found the mid January surface hoar layer down 38cm near the top of the 7 summits (Bald Mtn area). It was reactive in snowpack tests, giving hard, resistant planar results... which did not leave us wanting to sled steeper bowls or roll-overs.
