Wind slabs and loose snow avalanches

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Wind slabs and loose snow avalanches

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Amazing
Snow conditions were:
  • Deep powder
We rode:
  • Mellow slopes
  • Open trees
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Steep slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cold
  • Windy
Avalanche conditions
  • Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
  • 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Comments

Three days in the Kakwa working on the weather station and making snowpack observations. There was an avalanche cycle on Tuesday night caused by reverse loading as winds switched to the NW. On Wednesday and Thursday upper elevation winds continued to build wind slabs in exposed locations.