- Submitted by
- AvCan Vancouver Island
- Observations date
- Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 20:00
- Location
- 50.227230° N 126.357320° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-126.35732,50.22723,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "It (C)ain't over 'til it's over")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- Powder
- Wet
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Wet
Comments
After perusing weather models and seeing North Island destinations in the lead for forecast snow, we headed up to the Mount Cain area to take a look.
At 1200 m, heavy rain switched to heavy, wet snowfall at about 10:30 AM. Between then and our departure at around 2:30 PM, about 15 cm of moist new snow had accumulated. A nice little reset!
New snow was bonding pretty much instantaneously to the wet surfaces that preceded the snowfall, but we noted elevated south winds at 1300 m and would expect reactive wind slabs forming on leeward slopes at ridgetop. Management of a prior injury kept our own travel limited to rescue practices in the weather station meadow.
