- Submitted by
- Ryan Shelly
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 19:30
- Location
- 54.899530° N 120.993094° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-120.99309379848074,54.89953045968153,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Core Lodge")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Major loading of storm snow and extreme wind gusts were creative reactive storm/wind slabs in down wind terrain at multiple elevation bands.
Down 70cm from surface of snowpack exists a reactive facet /stiff slab interface reactive to extended column tests in Hard Range (sudden Planar)
Down 80 cm from surface of snowpack exists a reactive facet/crust interface reactive to extended column test in Hard Range (sudden planar ) (size 1.5 mm Facets rounding)
Great riding (50+ cms of pow pow in downwind areas)
