- Submitted by
- colin.itin.
- Observations date
- Friday, January 26, 2024 at 17:00
- Location
- 50.367790° N 116.306370° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-116.30637,50.36779,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Copper Crown Lines")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Went for a walk up Copper Crown to the cut blocks. Significant settlement in the upper snowpack from previous warm temps has created a 30-35cm slab (F at the surface to 4F+ at the bottom of the slab) above a layer of Facets/surface hoar from late December I'm guessing (FC Sz. 6, SH Sz. 4). We triggered several Sr Sz. 1 avalanches below the road. As well we toe triggered multiple whumpfs causing wide spread settlements above the road.
Kept things quite mellow (<25 degree slopes). Dug a pit at the top of one of the cut blocks at 1775M (HS 87, ECTP 3 down 30). Still managed to get 3 schnoodly laps in the low angle areas before calling it a day.
