- Submitted by
- joelammers
- Observations date
- Saturday, January 26, 2019 at 22:30
- Location
- 50.648940° N 118.161710° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
Another size 1.5 persistent slab avalanche failing on the mid-January surface hoar. This slide was remotely triggered from a distance of about 5 metres on an exposed open glade at about 1750m. Despite the smaller size, I wouldn't want to go for a ride in it as the broken-up slab was wind-pressed, well-settled and could easily wreck a knee.
Widespread evidence of loose wet activity to size 1.5 observed on steep solar aspects.
In sheltered areas where the slab properties hadn't been enhanced by wind or warming, the riding/skiing was butter. Riding quality in the alpine was affected by a rime surface crust.
