- Submitted by
- southrockies
- Observations date
- Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 19:30
- Location
- 49.557960° N 116.201840° 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:
- Cut blocks
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Great day up Hellroaring with 25-40 cm of new snow sitting over a crust below 1600m and a density change above that. Our test pit at 2100m on a NE aspect at treeline showed a layer of stellar snow crystals buried 30cm deep, the snow above was too soft to react in our tests but it was failing easily and planer when we picked it up with a shovel and tilted it. As we approached the ridgeline we were on high alert for the snow getting stiffer above the stellars, and ended up turning around just below ridge crest to enjoy great skiing and sledding.
