- Submitted by
- Brenden Leis
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 31, 2023 at 19:00
- Location
- 52.505092° N 117.881352° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Spent 3 nights at the Sydney Vallance hut from the 29th-1st river was not frozen yet expect to be on foot for the first half and a very shallow snow pack and lots of rocks for the second half. Snow pack at the hut was also shallow about 60-70 cm with a fairly reactive facet layer (CTE 11) about 30cm down, we heard a lot of whumpfs and saw lots of shooting cracks so we kept to fairly mellow slopes but did manage to find a few turns!
