- Submitted by
- southrockies
- Observations date
- Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 23:00
- Location
- 49.488690° N 115.263230° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Open trees
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
Comments
We spent the day with low visibility, almost no visibility between 1700 m and 2000 m while we were in the cloud. There were light southwest winds, but no snow was moving around even on exposed ridges. There was a total snowpack depth of 140 cm at 2000 m, which may be the most snow we have seen in a while. There are a few crusts in the mid-pack, the first down 20 to 30 cm (Dec 22) and the second down 70 cm (Dec 5). Our profile was at 2000 m on a southeast-facing slope and we had no results from our snowpack tests. There was still soft snow in sheltered terrain, but on steep south-facing slopes, there was a bit of a crust. Not bad skiing with the lack of new snow.
