- Submitted by
- Ben Wards
- Observations date
- Friday, March 1, 2019 at 20:00
- Location
- 50.646110° N 115.158050° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-115.15805,50.64611,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Sluffing on suncrust at Indefatigable")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Cold
- Foggy
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Skied an East aspect avalanche runout from 2400m. The embankment that faces south had extensive cracking and sluffing on a buried suncrust 35cm deep. We ski cut a 0.5 slow moving sluff on the suncrust and remote triggered slow moving size 1 sluff on 30 degree slopes.
