- Submitted by
- sprockter
- Observations date
- Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 22:00
- Location
- 52.692850° N 117.683420° 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
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
Comments
Field Obs: 1200hrs @2250m. Sky: CLR; Precip: Nil; Temp: -11.5C; HS 135; Surf. Forms: FC,SH 3-5; Wind: C; PS: 20; PF: 45
In specific areas in the ALP, February's polar vortex has created surface facetting in upper 20cm of snowpack with supportive WSl below. No signs of instability. No recent avy obs. Old LD and 1 Nc to sz 1.5 obs. (>72hrs) in ALP. We skied N-E asp. to 45 degrees. Elev. 1700-2515m.
