- Submitted by
- adamcgreenberg
- Observations date
- Monday, December 18, 2017 at 22:31
- Location
- 51.392490° N 116.237614° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Windy
Comments
Nice day at Surprise Pass. 15cm of new snow in the alpine is hiding a variety of surfaces but generally providing good dust on crust skiing. Wind was moving a moderate amount of snow around throughout the day and starting to form soft slabs in lee features, though the only reactivity we experienced was thin cookies in the top couple centimeters with minimal propagation. Much more hazardous was frozen debris hiding under the new snow.