- Submitted by
- lucasmatt
- Observations date
- Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 20:00
- Location
- 54.506220° N 128.973400° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- 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
Natural cycle to Sz 3 all aspects, elevations. Notable was skiers left side of Cherry Bowl running full path. Suspect running on a reported surface hoar layer buried sometime last week. Seemed like most naturals ran early in the Monday night storm as the crowns were mostly filled in. Extensive wind affected snow on all runs on Zimmy side of ridge (polar aspects) Didn’t look like good skiing, especially Cherry Bowl. Steep solar aspects were getting cooked by 1pm.
Photo 1 - Cherry Bowl
Photo 2 - Thunder Bowl. Crowns in shade climbers left
Photo 3 - Bottom of Geronimo Bowl with wet deposits running in mellow terrain
