- Submitted by
- AlexM
- Observations date
- Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 19:00
- Location
- 51.428700° N 116.098780° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-116.09878,51.4287,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Lipalian tour")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Hard
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Windy
Comments
Calamity slide path : hard wind pressed top half, 15cm F dry undisturbed snow over supportive crust to ski bottom half.
At 2300m on solar aspect top few cm moist by noon.
Baker bowl : sastrugi and wind pressed at ridge top quickly softening up. 4F 2-4cm wind crust over 10-15cm soft dry snow in the bowl at 14:00.
Strong west wind at ridge top. Intense blowing snow. Ski tracks fully covered within 30min in upper portion of the bowl.
Purple bowl : up to 15m wind slab on NE slope over Fc. NW facing slope had up to 10cm of soft snow over supportive crust.
No new avalanches observed.
