- Submitted by
- pmarshall
- Observations date
- Sunday, March 20, 2016 at 02:57
- Location
- 50.184480° N 123.028250° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
We skied the north side of Rainbow Mtn and some laps off the east ridge. Everything ALP and TL was heavily wind affected from recent downslope/outflow winds. Hand shears gave easy-mod results down 20 cm in places. The snow was creamy but skied fairly well until around 1500 m when it became a backseat burner in the sticky schmoo. We noticed an accidentally triggered cornice that in turn triggered a shallow slab (20-30 cm deep). The slide ran at least 500 m. Perhaps a size 2.5. Sounds like this probably occurred 24 hrs earlier. It was a warm day with a light overcast sky trapping some heat in. Overall a good day though.
