- Submitted by
- spicyysalsa90
- Observations date
- Wednesday, January 7, 2026 at 05:00
- Location
- 50.064050° N 117.198450° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- We rode:
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Skied London Ridge and Goat Ridge trees from Jan 3 - 7 and observed storm snow poorly bonding to underlying layers of surface hoar in open trees. Storm slabs triggered by skiers varied from 20 - 60 cm and we found between 1600 - 1800 m elevation. Although triggered easily by ski cutting and propagating to surrounding open trees areas, the slabs did not run more than 50 - 75 m.
A large natural avalanche was observed on the NE alpine face of London Ridge on January 6. Crown estimated to approximately 1m and appeared to have stepped down from a storm slab of approximately 30 cm visible above.
