- Submitted by
- blogan7420
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 20:25
- Location
- 50.379790° N 122.285800° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- 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
On steep kick turns lower down we were able to make ~40cm slabs propagate 3-4 feet and slide off the rain crust. It seems the low density snow on top of this rain crust is still struggling to bond. Higher up there were limited signs of instability and no sign of the rain crust, but as we transitioned to alpine terrain there was a wind slab approx 5cm thick. No movement when ski cutting steep slopes, riding quality was amazing.