- Submitted by
- jensradetzki
- Observations date
- Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 02:24
- Location
- 51.630379° N 116.460756° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Warm
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Gorgeous day out! Decided to check out the Ferris glacier. Approach in actually was reasonable and the canyon skiable however observed numerous small slab releases on some of the canyon exits points failing to ground. ( which could be dangerous if swept in the creek). Further up hard trail breaking through trees and as expected very thin to the glacier. Ferris ranged from 40-80 cm coverage and skied okay but the views were stunning. Observed the crown of a large size2/3 under st. Nic failing to ice. Observed shooting cracks on any wind loaded slope immediate lee of a ridge. The ski down was ginger and use of rock skiis recommended
