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- Snowhare
- Observations date
- Sunday, March 15, 2020 at 22:00
- Location
- 50.327820° N 122.212120° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Terrible
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
We were skirting the ridge West of cirque lake, looking for an entrance to a couloir. We pulled the chute due to some tricky snow and time, so we opted to ski down an E facing slope that was wind hammered and was very slabby (sluff in places) alternating with hard wind slab/crust in other areas. Elevation was 2400m down to 1950m.
N and NE facing slopes nearer to the cabin were less wind affected and skied well; cold and velvety snow. Elevation of those runs was 2100m down to 1950m
