- Submitted by
- healey.dave
- Observations date
- Friday, January 20, 2017 at 05:34
- Location
- 51.298490° N 117.564370° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Two natural avalanches, size 2.0, were noted on SE aspects of Ursus Minor, running about 100m & triggered from loaded lee slopes at around 2300m Observed a moderate & clean handshear down 40cm at 2000m, failure plane was 8mm surface hoar. Soft slab above, from very soft (fist) to moderate (4 finger plus) in density. Lots of tracks in sheltered areas below treeline, no reactivity from skiers was observed.