- Submitted by
- freeskiercbrown
- Observations date
- Monday, February 15, 2021 at 19:30
- Location
- 49.450490° N 115.120510° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-115.12051,49.45049,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Polaris")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Cold
- Stormy
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
On our way to Thunder Meadows cabin for 3 days. Ski patrol granted us access to Polaris from FAR. We knew we would be dealing with a chance of small avalanches - failing on a January surface hoar layer. Four turns in I saw a shooting crack go downhill from me and when it hit a sweet spot it broke 65-50cms deep and 20-30 metres wide. We were expecting it, but after 45 minutes of discussing and weighing our options, this small avalanche was still enough for us to turn around. We had a lot of terrain to cover and if we set one off this early in the trip there was a good chance we would set off many more in the days to come. Potentially proving to be more destructive than this one.
