Tree Bombs in Hollyburn Trees

Submitted by
ryanwwood1
Observations date
Monday, February 1, 2021 at 19:00
Location
49.394670° N 123.188030° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Tree Bombs in Hollyburn Trees

Snow conditions

Snow conditions were:
  • Heavy
  • Wet
We rode:
  • Dense trees
  • Open trees

Information

The day was:
  • Warm
  • Wet
Avalanche conditions
  • 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
  • Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Comments

Raining very hard. Snow was saturated. Big tree bombs falling every 5-10 seconds half way up hollyburn which made us turn around.