- Submitted by
- goulding.holly
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 04:00
- Location
- 59.722528° N 135.040855° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Terrible
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Snow was still largely unaffected by wind below treeline, but as we travelled toward treeline the wind transport was quite substantial. A hard wind slab (~15cm) was underlain by faceted snow in exposed areas, the snow mostly transported away, but there were some deposits around exposed trees. Travelling was challenging - the hard slab was so hard that kicking steps was easier than skinning on steeper sections and we ended up turning around; the ski down through the variable snow included side slipping and survival skiing through breakable crust in places.