Great day for… wind?

Submitted by
dave
Observations date
Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 19:00
Location
55.131775° N 121.563635° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Great day for… wind?

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Hard
  • Powder
  • Wind affected
We rode:
  • Mellow slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Convex slopes
  • Steep slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Stormy
  • Warm
  • 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.
  • Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Comments

Great although windy day for an AST course in the Bullmoose, we got blessed with good views into the alpine and nice warm weather, as long as you stayed out of the INSANE southwest winds. New reactive wind slabs are forming everywhere that the wind can affect, and we saw a widespread natural cycle that looked 48+hrs old on NE-W aspects. We triggered a small cornice, and heard whumphs when we stopped. The mid December crust is down 135 cm, with lots of facet development above and below it. Overall HS valley bottom is 200 cm