- Submitted by
- Bryan Fenske
- Observations date
- Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at 18:20
- Location
- 51.704300° N 116.504380° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
We stuck to the lower ridge and loose upper treeline in the bow summit area. While skinning from one run to the next, we noticed what appeared to be a fresh (less than 24 hours) size 1.5 slide. The crown was directly below some exposed rock on a line not typically skied with little tracks to no tracks around, so we suspect it was a natural. It was difficult to tell from our view point if it was two smaller slides that occurred in close proximity or one larger crown.
