- Submitted by
- bchad
- Observations date
- Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 06:00
- Location
- 49.798570° N 122.996800° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wet
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Surface warmed to about 0 degrees Friday at treeline resulting in a wet and heavy surface layer that was well bonded to the crust below, about 30-40 cm deep. Temp dropped below freezing on Saturday at treeline and snow stayed consistent across all aspects. Avoided overhead cornices and the less steep terrain was riding consistent across all aspects and noticed no snow instability as a result of the temperature shifts during the weekend, but observed some snow depth inconsistency from winds earlier in the week.
