- Submitted by
- chris.lawrence
- Observations date
- Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 16:55
- Location
- 50.040935° N 122.903967° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Hard
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Dense trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
The alpine is wind hammered with 1 meter high sastrugi in places where it was raked for 2 days by extreme nw winds.
The riding quality below tree line is quite good. We rode 1900 - 1500 on n aspects with good ground coverage and great Ski quality. Coverage gets sparse below 1500 but still reasonable to 1300 m.
Snow profile 1750 m nw aspect. 170-190 cm depth. Mid dec down 45 cm with new snow bonding well to the old surface, below lies 1 finger snow. The late November rain crust is down 70 with the lower snowpack well settled. ECTX (no results) CTN (no result).