- Submitted by
- jenhoffman08
- Observations date
- Friday, March 4, 2022 at 14:30
- Location
- 49.466460° N 57.632320° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Saw shooting cracks while skiing in, cross loaded slopes above us. We were just in the valley bottom. Almost 2m of snow depth. A shovel test showed the upper layers of wind affected snow slid off very easily on a distinct interface. At 40 cm there was a layer of very large facets above those buried ice crusts. That popped off fairly easily during a hand shear test. It's always interesting digging into the snow to see what it looks like, especially if you were to venture onto steeper slopes.