- Submitted by
- jonathan.skinnider
- Observations date
- Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 19:00
- Location
- 49.189950° N 125.284560° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- Powder
- Wet
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
Comments
Dug a pit above the 5040 hut. Approximately 10 cm of new snow on top of 10 cm thick crust. Below that was 10 cms of pure graupel. In isolated column test the graupel slid on the snow below it after 3 from the elbow. Had a layer move below that after 7 from the shoulder, approximately 60 cm down.
When skiing we never where able to break through the crust, and instead had a corn-like experience. Soft crust with some wet fresh snow on top: surprisingly a ton of fun.
