- Submitted by
- brad@avaware
- Observations date
- Monday, January 8, 2018 at 19:15
- Location
- 51.062652° N 118.805895° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Heavy
- Powder
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Stormy
- 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
Numerous Sz 1’s and 1 Sz 2 and a lot of whumfing along the road. Conditions did improve as we gain elevation and after careful snowpack evaluation we were able to ride a steep 200m N face below ridge top. Some wind transport notice but no cracking observed. Test profile showed RP results dn 45cm on SH/FC dec 15 layer at CTM18 and the Crust was found dn 100cm and only reactive to CTH 25/28 uneven breaks. At higher elevations as temps cooled and we got out of the below tree line/tree line band conditions seemed to improve just enough.
