- Submitted by
- timhaggarty
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 18:30
- Location
- 51.088750° N 115.794910° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Opted not to ski the Wawa ridge bowl or the large slope skier's right of it and chose mellower terrain well to the right. Dug before entering the trees found less than 1m of HS with about 25 of it from this weekend's storm. The November 12 "Trump Crust" is about 5cm thick here and no longer supports a boot: it is faceting from below and the column fails easily when it is cut. Propagation Saw Tests produce consistent results indicating propagation would be likely. The expected cold temperatures, will not help here nor would additional load above this layer. Shallow areas will become the places to watch.
