- Submitted by
- Aaron Jackson
- Observations date
- Friday, March 24, 2017 at 18:00
- Location
- 49.598840° N 121.177350° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Wet
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Iago yesterday. Experienced 5-10cm soft crust under 8-15cm of new snow. Ski cut on a steep slope (50 degrees) yielded a 0.5 avalanche with a 5-10cm crown, just above the crust. Cut was on West aspect. Besides that one slope, we stayed on mellow terrain.