- Submitted by
- cdnmoose11
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 25, 2018 at 19:00
- Location
- 50.391010° N 122.345982° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Blowing snow at ridge crests on Sunday, with wind affecting ski quality above 1800m.
15-20cm new snow Saturday night into Sunday morning. Widespread whumpfing 1600-1800m on solar aspects, new snow sitting on a thin sun crust and reactive (storm snow slid when isolating a column for a hand shear). Several small natural wind slabs on NE thru NW lee features at treeline. A size 1.5 natural wind slab noted circa 1900m SE aspect, ran far, thin crown (15cm).