- Submitted by
- AvCan Northwest
- Observations date
- Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 23:00
- Location
- 54.682680° N 127.460990° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Cut blocks
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Stormy
- Sunny
Comments
Today we headed up the Microwave to see what we could see.
The day was a mixed bag for us with sunny patches, thick cloud, and pulses of snow. Winds were light from the SE, -7 and we found the crust from the warm weather over the weekend dissipated at 1500m. With the little visibility we had we did manage to observe a size 2.5 wind slab out of a NW alpine feature likely running Sunday.
At 1600m we dug a test pit on a SE aspect and found 370cm of snow. In testing we had results in our extended column tests down 40 on a 10 cm layer of preserved stellar crystals that will likely keep wind slabs reactive for a little longer than usual.
