- Submitted by
- southrockies
- Observations date
- Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 19:00
- Location
- 49.295910° N 114.733380° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-114.73338,49.29591,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Snowpack said no!")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Open trees
Information
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
We went out with a plan to ride some steep north facing trees but when we got there we felt the snowpack whumpfing and saw shooting cracks ahead of us. We dug down to have a look and our test results showed a large surface hoar layer buried 60cm deep that was reacting. With this new info we changed our plan and stuck to lower angle trees, avoiding convexities and steep spots.
