Avalanche Armageddon

Submitted by
gilbert.pjb
Observations date
Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 21:00
Location
50.033210° N 122.904380° W
Reporting on
  • Snow conditions
Map for Mountain Information Network report: Avalanche Armageddon

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Crusty
  • Wet
We rode:
  • Mellow slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Convex slopes
  • Cut blocks
  • Open trees
  • Steep slopes
  • Sunny slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Sunny
Avalanche conditions
  • Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
  • Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Comments

Skinned from Flute to Oboe and back. surface snow had breakable crust on non-solar aspects and wet surface snow on solar aspects. from 10cm to 190cm snow was fluffy and unconsolidated.
multiple slides off of Mt Shudder and Quiver. AS well as a size 2 on the left end of cowboy ridge and a size 1.5 mid cowboy ridge.
multiple slides off of Mt Shudder and Quiver. AS well as a size 2 on the left end of cowboy ridge and a size 1.5 mid cowboy ridge.
pano shot of the spearhead range, zoom in and look around!
pano shot of the spearhead range, zoom in and look around!
size 2.5 above Chekmus lake on the ridge to Castle Towers, also of note is a second slide top right of Castle Towers.
size 2.5 above Chekmus lake on the ridge to Castle Towers, also of note is a second slide top right of Castle Towers.
Looking at Decker, Tremor, Pattison ect. Multiple slabs have broken at ridgetop and at treeline and ran to valley bottom.
Looking at Decker, Tremor, Pattison ect. Multiple slabs have broken at ridgetop and at treeline and ran to valley bottom.
close is shot of the sz 1.5 on cowboy ridge
close is shot of the sz 1.5 on cowboy ridge