- Submitted by
- Meshwell Boschmann
- Observations date
- Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 18:00
- Location
- 51.297500° N 117.105830° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.10583,51.2975,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Kicking Horse North")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Heavy
- Powder
- Wet
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Lots of tracks on Ozone North, Ruedi's North and lower Molar's North. Evidence of a few 5-10cm skier triggered windslabs up to size 1.5 on north facing terrain and cornice/wet sluff from rocks triggered loose moist avalanches to size 2 on April 5. Of note, a couple deep gouging wet avalanches up to size 1.5 below rocks on steep solars that had previously avalanched at the beginning of March, also from yesterday. Travelling on the solars was 5-10 cm of moist snow over 10-20cm solid melt freeze crust, bring your ski crampons! Untracked due north features held 30cm ski pen turns in dry snow above 2200m.
