- Submitted by
- jjduncalfe
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 17:30
- Location
- 51.248856° N 117.458945° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Skinned up attempting to summit youngs peak. Skinning near glaciers crest in the subalpine and below the surface hoar was still obviously present as a weak layer. We heard several heavy whumphs with cracks running out. I would avoid convexs as they seemed the most reactive. Visible all around where natural breaks of slabs on the persistent layer gave out especially on convenes