- Submitted by
- daniel.piccininni
- Observations date
- Friday, January 1, 2021 at 23:00
- Location
- 49.604190° N 121.086750° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Foggy
- Sunny
- Warm
- Wet
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Skied Nak-Thar bowl. Had the full mix of weather during the day and a variety of snow conditions. Cloudy and snow in the morning, brief clearing with strong sun, strong SW winds in afternoon, ending the day in cloud and light rain below approximately 1500m. Storm snow was fairly heavy to start, some pinwheeling seen off of trees and steep rock exposures. Mid-day with the sun most steep slopes off the SE side of Nak had sluffing and lots of pinwheeling. Surface snow turned from precipitation particles to melt-forms midday, and started to freeze into a bit of a crust near the end of the day. Moderate blowing snow at ridgetop early afternoon. East facing slopes at treeline had pockets of wind slab.
