- Submitted by
- newidea76
- Observations date
- Monday, April 20, 2026 at 14:00
- Location
- 49.372058° N 122.489684° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Terrible
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Wet
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Avy debris from approx 20 loose-wet point sluff avalanches noted between Near Treeline to Alpine elevations on N/NE/E faces this AM. Size ranges from 1-2.5 depending on terrain (gullies were worst). Start zones were usually exposed rock or steep slopes. Snow is isothermal and very wet from 950-1150m. A weak freeze-thaw crust (2-4cm) was observed between 1150-1350m that was unable to hold the weight of a boot/human (likely higher elevations too but unable to verify). Crust rapidly disappeared between 0630-0800 due to solar warming, leading to human-triggered rollerballs and size 1 sluffs. Overnight temps never dropped below 11c, temp inversion present. Bailed on mountaineering objective due to Considerable avy risk. Use extreme caution, even in pre-dawn hours!
