- Submitted by
- Steve 'Reidles' Reid
- Observations date
- Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 01:00
- Location
- 60.620670° N 135.068390° 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:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Good ski quality. Difficult skinning, with ski penetration of up to 60cm in places. Easily able to ski cut sz1 windslab/stormslab on lee features at treeline, small slides propagating but barely running on features tested. Snowpit attached. Did two compression tests which saw easy failures at the base of the snowpack. Widespread whumpfing.
