- Submitted by
- canadianrockyskibike
- Observations date
- Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 18:30
- Location
- 49.431833° N 115.091839° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
%2F-115.09183883591338%2C49.43183265436076%2C8%2C0%2C0%2F1026x200%3Faccess_token%3Dpk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g&w=1200&q=75 "Mongolia is slidier than expected")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Wet
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Open trees
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Toured up to Mongolia. At top snow seemed light so decided to descend into Mongolia - whoops! Sun affected warm snow was primed for wet loose slides. Snow cutting set off a class I wet loose avalanche, basically the layer of new snow slid on the refrozen spring crust from last week (sorry didn’t stick around long enough to take a photo.). Slides noted out in the open (see photo). Most of the snow is sun/wind affected on any south facing slopes.
