- Submitted by
- horton.simon
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 20:00
- Location
- 54.019500° N 121.245210° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-121.24521,54.0195,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Torpy")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- We rode:
- Cut blocks
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
We missioned into Torpy today to set up another weather station with the help of intrepid volunteers from the Prince George Snowmobile Club. We were greeted at our staging area (about 13 km from the cabin) by a 15 cm blanket of fresh snow that increased to roughly 25 cm at the cabin. Snowfall filled in our tracks at about 1 cm per hour throughout the day while temperatures rose to a balmy -6. The mild temperatures seemed to give the snow a heavy quality that led us to suspect storm slabs would be consolidating rapidly at higher elevations.
