Paddy-ing the stats

Submitted by
Mike Smith
Observations date
Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 22:50
Location
59.912610° N 134.895130° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Paddy-ing the stats

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Good
Snow conditions were:
  • Wind affected
We rode:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Steep slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Sunny slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Sunny
  • Warm

Comments

We rode the 2 main couloirs off the north face of Paddy's peak. The ascent up the south face around 1230 revealed a supportive crust that hadn't completely frozen overnight. Clouds were keeping the sun away at the time, but once they cleared we chose to avoid the slope. Sheltered north facing slopes featured good riding with shallow but fast sluffs. By 1630 snow below 1500m had become nearly isothermal (0C and unsupportive) even on flat terrain.