- Submitted by
- david.bryan
- Observations date
- Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 03:00
- Location
- 59.492160° N 136.406670° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
- 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
AST1 course. Nice day skiing up 5 mile creek. -3 at 400m we skinned to 760m enjoying nice views and sunshine. Isolated windslab formation on SW aspects with shooting cracks and whumphing. Significant ridgetop blowing snow loading S. aspects in Alpine. HS ~ 200cm Mostly hard and resistant planar test results. Easy hand shears on windslab. Good turns up high!