- Submitted by
- packhamavalancheconsulting
- Observations date
- Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 22:00
- Location
- 50.648170° N 117.517680° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
On March 3rd Skier remoted a 80cm deep, 20 meters wide, and 40 meters long slab on what we are assuming is large surface hoar on a smooth bed surface. Skier hit a jump on a 12 degree slope and remoted a 20 degree slope 50 feet below him and off to the side, it then pulled out a steeper chunk of slope farther down. Evidence of similar avalanches up to size 2 in the area on convexities as low as 20 degrees, visible cracking between slabs on terrain as low angle as 12 degrees. NE aspect at around 1650 meters in a valley known for growing large surface hoar.
We had significant precip ending early March 4th am In the Trout Lake area I am guessing the avy conditions are closer to High or Extreme at the moment given what we saw yesterday and with the recent loading and warm temps.