- Submitted by
- mark_vejvoda
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 22:00
- Location
- 53.372200° N 120.161180° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
The last several hundred meters to the ridge was hard and crusty but has sections of 2-3 inches of snow collapsing onto hard packed ice making for very challenging snowshoe grip conditions, sub alpine and lower had slightly deeper snow up to 6+ inches making grip a little better.
