- Submitted by
- Konrad van Varseveld
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 19:00
- Location
- 51.035410° N 118.807050° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
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Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Cold
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
We dug a pit just above the road. Had a sudden planar 40 cm down at CTH24. The layer was hard to identify but was below the old snow surface (a crust). The layer didn't propagate in our ECT. Hand shears didn't produce results. Didn't notice any cracks or whumfing while skiing.
