Hunters Range/ Stash cabin AST

Submitted by
brad@avaware
Observations date
Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 20:15
Location
50.766621° N 118.819413° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Hunters Range/ Stash cabin AST

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Good
Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Powder
We rode:
  • Dense trees
  • Mellow slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Steep slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Stormy
Avalanche conditions
  • 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Comments

Heavy amounts of snow fall for most of the morning then tapering off in the afternoon made for a very conservative day besides the fact that this was a sledder AST 1 course. We observed two predominant crust layers for the past week. The first only down 10-15cm and failing with a pop and drop just from cutting the back of the CT column. The second crust was down 45-50 and much more stubborn then expected, and not really producing significant results. We did how ever record a CTH 26 dn 52cm RP on DF/SH @1900ish on a 20deg. ENE aspect. In open trees below a steep ridge. Great crew, great snow pack to learn a lot. Avoided anything big, open, steep or blind exposure from above from limited Vis.