- Submitted by
- melaniewiese811
- Observations date
- Friday, February 16, 2024 at 21:00
- Location
- 50.033800° N 122.904530° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
![whumpfs in the bumps Map for Mountain Information Network report: whumpfs in the bumps](https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/avalanchecanada/ckuk675w6gwfk17pjrqae4tjy/static/url-https%3A%2F%2Fassets.avalanche.ca%2Fimages%2Fmin-pin.png(-122.90453,50.0338)/-122.90453,50.0338,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g)
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Good powder skiing at treeline, SE aspect, low angle non avalanche terrain. Not affected by wind/sun. Everywhere untracked we stepped we heard/saw settlements/whumpfs. Thin shooting cracks would run fast and as far as 50m off our skis while skinning, collapsing the buried 20-30mm surface hoar that we observed before the snow that came in past
sat/sun. This is down 10-20cms and the hoar is still pretty preserved, standing tall in those flat areas. The area we skied did only have a very soft slab on top and also wasn't steep enough to avalanche despite the propagation. Extrapolating this reactivity to steep and more "slabby" slopes where the surface hoar is found would definitely be scary and would have had us walk away from avalanche terrain.