- Submitted by
- Toby Roessingh
- Observations date
- Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 21:00
- Location
- 49.604258° N 121.088562° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- We rode:
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Triggered fairly large - 25 m across, 50 cm deep - loose snow avalanche on convex roll roughly 3/4 way down Nak. Snow ran ~ 100 m. Lost ski, no injuries.