- Submitted by
- gregory.l.west
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 21:00
- Location
- 50.393260° N 122.511900° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Terrible
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Stormy
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Still very thin snowpack up to 1800 m. Probably around 1m HST at 1800 m (although didnt measure). Talus areas were quite talus-y and slow going picking our way through on the way up. Stomping pillows on the way up, the top 15-20cm would easily break and slide off. Up around 1800m on a small convex slope we got a shooting crack due to the forming wind slab with the day's storm winds. Snowed very lightly all day, not much accumulation.
