- Submitted by
- bpatch
- Observations date
- Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 20:00
- Location
- 53.899373° N 121.286176° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Foggy
- Stormy
- 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
Good early season outing to the Red Cabin! It snowed pretty much the whole time and was around -2 to -5 most of the weekend. Generally nice fluffy powder at cabin level (1570m) and by the time we were back at trucks on Sunday (700m) it was very sloppy and actively raining. Initial snow depth at the cabin was 80cm on arrival on Nov 17 and about 120 cm on departure on Nov 22. The snow quality below treeline was good (although could use some more coverage before getting quality tree laps in!) and was feeling more wind affected at higher elevations. We had lots of fun doing some laps on the S facing slopes across from the cabin. No signs of instability although there is a faceted layer about 30cm from the ground on the N and S aspects that is worth keeping in mind, especially with the heavy storm and wind loading and fairly warm temps. See the snowpack section for some info on our couple snow pits.
