- Submitted by
- wardsbd
- Observations date
- Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 20:00
- Location
- 50.822327° N 115.248904° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
A few cm over night improved the skiing. The sun came out in full force from 12 to 130 and turned the 15cm of recent snow on the crust wet on solar alpine slopes to at least 2600m. A size 0.5 natural wet loose cycle on solar aspects below rocks occured soon after. The north aspect had 8 cm on the crust and skied surprising well. The strong north winds from the last couple days make it hard to predict which slopes will ski good.
