- Submitted by
- camille.bandola
- Observations date
- Friday, March 22, 2024 at 16:00
- Location
- 51.699524° N 116.431865° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-116.4318654035631,51.69952413681483,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Cirque Forepeak")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Heavy
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
10-20 cm of fresh fluffy snow sitting on a crust. As the temperature increased, the snow became heavy and wet. We had some whumpfs on the shallow snowpack on the SW facing slope of Cirque Forepeak. We turned around and lapped the treeline instead.
Midday, we heard what sounded like a large avalanche in the direction of Bowcrow.
On our way back, we observed a few 0.5 wet slab avalanches sliding on the March 8th crust.
We dug a snow pit at 2200m (we are not pros!) and recorded CTM14 down 80 on facets.
