- Submitted by
- kitchinh
- Observations date
- Friday, January 17, 2025 at 18:00
- Location
- 54.478500° N 127.466733° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-127.46673333250268,54.47850031643807,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Starr")
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Lots of signs of avalanche activity in the area with natural wind slab avalanches within the last 24-72 hours. All observed on East and North aspects. Photo was from a cornice failure which triggered an avalanche on an East aspect (last 72 - 48 hours).
Snow was soft and powdery on South aspects and was not wind affected yet. This made for good skiing.
Hand sheers showed signs of slab like properties beginning to form.
Air temp -10°c at 3pm but sun was warm and strong.
We purposely triggered a large size 2.5 wind slab avalanche from an obvious top loaded start zone on a NE aspect. Avalanche propagated across multiple slopes and stepped down in multiple areas. Crown looked to be about 60-80cm from afar. It ran its full runout down to the lake below (no photo).
