- Submitted by
- mikedopf
- Observations date
- Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at 18:00
- Location
- 50.681810° N 115.159000° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-115.159,50.68181,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Gypsum Ridge")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Heavy
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Cut blocks
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Foggy
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
As per everywhere else, we observed shooting cracks and whomping. We had remote cracking 10m away on shallow slopes. Bottomless powder right to the ground. We didn’t ski the chutes, and just skied the up track out. Glad we chose conservative terrain. Nasty.