- Submitted by
- Ryan Shelly
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 20, 2021
- Location
- 55.326840° N 122.719160° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-122.71916,55.32684,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Bijoux Area")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Powder
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Stormy
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Treeline leeward terrain is holding upwards of 50cm of fresh storm snow that is soft slab in nature. Open Alpine terrain leeward terrain held hard slab characteristics and cracking was much more prominent in these open areas.
CTE1 down 30 on HST interface from earlier in the week
CTM 11 down 50cm on Surface hoar / new storm snow interface from Monday Feb 15