- Submitted by
- cdnmoose11
- Observations date
- Friday, December 14, 2018 at 17:30
- Location
- 49.375020° N 121.440185° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Surface hoar (3-12mm) easily found (1 cm thick layer) down 65-70 cm.
Location was a sheltered meadow, where you might expect to find surface hoar.
Total snow depth was 130 cm at 1510m elevation near Hope BC.
Lots of fresh snow... foot pen was 70 cm +