- Submitted by
- Hyland Backcountry
- Observations date
- Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 21:00
- Location
- 54.877780° N 127.518680° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
Tour into Morning Bowl area, with up to 10cm of new snow, with light NW winds, temperature steady -6c. We observed up to 30cm of recent new snow over the raincrust that was widespread throughout the area. Prev wind affect past 48hrs visible on windward N and NW aspects, with areas scoured to the crust. Observed a few natural slab avalanches to size 1.5 in steep, alpine, ESE aspects. 20-30cm deep x 30m wide x 100m long. Also observed several loose dry avalanches in steep terrain in alpine to size 1.Also had some reactivity to skier traffic with slabs 20-30cm deep x 10m wide x 20m long size 1 at treeline, on an E aspect in the new snow.