- Submitted by
- coqstoke
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 18:00
- Location
- 49.010810° N 120.837240° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-120.83724,49.01081,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Frosty Mountain")
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Dense trees
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Skied Frosty Mountain NE face on Sunday Jan 26. Conditions were a lot better than we expected - sheltered, shaded trees had 20-30cm unconsolidated snow on a crust. Alpine had about 5-10cm unconsolidated snow on a crust.
A few avalanche observations.
1. Widespread surface hoar forming at below treeline and treeline, from about 1400m to 2100m
2. We had some size 0.5-1 loose dry avalanches in the alpine and treeline. This was the 5-10cm of light snow sliding on the underlying crust, triggered by rider turns. See picture of Frosty NE face, lookers left.
3. We did notice some wet loose avalanches and pinwheeling on S slopes. We did not ski any of these slopes, so cannot comment on the reactivity.
Overall an amazing day on Frosty. Ski out of Frosty Creek was... heinous as per usual.
