- Submitted by
- Frozen Pirate
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 19:00
- Location
- 53.489730° N 119.994260° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Hard
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Cut blocks
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
- 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
Ladies on a cold Renshaw morning. Quick hole at BLT 1750m near the cabin site in a sheltered drainage at 1100hr. Snowpack 215cm Foot Pen 65cm 20cm of storm snow within the last week. Clear skies all day, winds calm BTL, gusting mod Alp/TL. Air Temperature -17. 19018 PWL down 85cm SH/FC 8mm. No compression test results. Winds have scoured alpine ridges, created widespread windslabs in open areas, but great snow found in sheltered aspects. Shooting cracks, whumps at TL noted at 2100m. Several Cornice failures not producing slabs below.
