- Submitted by
- Trapper Gilowski
- Observations date
- Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 19:30
- Location
- 55.274680° N 122.713010° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Terrible
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Stormy
- Warm
- Wet
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Terrible day in the Rolston Creek area. Skinning was difficult with 40cm ski penetration, slow sliding. Best part of the day was digging our snow profile and doing tests.
The day started off with rain at valley bottom and soaked us before we even started skinning up the trail. Things cooled down around 1100m but travel was still difficult. Wind was whipping today and was starting to affect the snow even in the trees.
