- Submitted by
- lucasmatt
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 20:00
- Location
- 54.215170° N 130.044160° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Terrible
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Heavy
- Wet
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Warm
- Wet
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Snowshoe AST1 Obs for the Rainbow Summit area. South side of highway at 550m above Ptarmigan Lk. HS of 70 cm with 2 layers of surface hoar giving moderate results. Ground is not frozen with water moving below the surface in many places. Heavy rain, strong winds southerly winds, no avalanche observations. Lower elevation has shallow isothermal snow while near treeline the pack was stiffening up. A dusting of fresh snow above 800m but we didn't venture that far.