- Submitted by
- Ryan Shelly
- Observations date
- Monday, February 18, 2019 at 02:39
- Location
- 49.761520° N 125.304770° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wet
- We rode:
- Convex slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Managed to initiate some small ski cut size 1 slab avalanches down 30-40 cm on a facet /melt freeze crust interface.
Faceting has taken place within the upper 50cm of the snowpack. Also had a sudden Planar moderate result during an extended column test on the same facet/melt freeze crust
At lower elevations , the temperature rose above zero degrees and the facet/melt freeze interface became easier to initiate
