- Submitted by
- northrockiesfieldteam
- Observations date
- Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 01:07
- Location
- 55.010380° N 121.556230° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
There were signs of recent avalanches in the Bullmoose area today - on the drive in we saw a few large ones from the road: all on steep N-E alpine faces. We noticed new surface hoar growing below treeline in sheltered spots but not at the treeline or higher. We dug a quick pit at 1660m at treeline and found a reactive wind stiffened slab over a weak layer 25cm deep. We didn't venture into the alpine as it was so wind-hammered up there that there was no decent skiing or sledding to be found. We had some fun, if short-lived, turns down sheltered east facing trees where the snow was still relatively soft. Temperatures were also strange today with -14C down at staging and 0C up in the bowl!