- Submitted by
- northrockiesfieldteam
- Observations date
- Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 01:00
- Location
- 53.771040° N 121.444200° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Terrible
- Snow conditions were:
- Wet
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
With a mountain weather forecast of heavy snow for the North Rockies and North Cariboo we decided to check out the action. We snowmobiled to the Raven Lake trail for a ski. Unfortunately, the freezing level was still too high, and it was pouring rain at the trailhead. The shallow snowpack was isothermal and unsupportive. So we adjusted the plan and continued on snowmobiles to scout out where the freezing level was. We found it at about 1300m.
