- Submitted by
- shnaytoface
- Observations date
- Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 19:00
- Location
- 53.137680° N 121.474760° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Hard
- Heavy
- Powder
- Wet
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Cut blocks
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
We found the crust at all elevations with 10-45cm of light unconsolidated snow in most places. It was cloudy and snowing until mid day. Then visibility increased and we had moments of warm sunshine. There was obvious wind loading and cornices on most north-east ish aspects. What wasn't wind loaded along ridge top was scoured. All steep slopes were sluffing below our tracks and traveling quite far. Skiing diminished on solar aspects and everywhere else heat of the day, getting quite wet.
....as forecasted.
It even went into the face.
