- Submitted by
- aidan.mckenna
- Observations date
- Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 07:00
- Location
- 50.504426° N 116.032569° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Cut blocks
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- 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
Turns out winter has been hiding in the Central Purcells! Went out for what we thought would be an exploratory walk but happened upon all time conditions! Snowed all day on us up high. We had up to 50cm of ski pen in new snow on top of a very supportive crust up to 2225m. Near ridge top and in micro features we experienced reactive wind slabs, even having propagating cracks that didn’t move down hill; wind slabs were generally north facing. Otherwise it was game on!
