- Submitted by
- drijber
- Observations date
- Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 18:25
- Location
- 49.743097° N 115.489456° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- Powder
- Wet
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
We skied N facing aspect (1800 - 2400m) that varied from 20cm of dry powder to an icy slide bed surface. Rapid warming today caused the glop stopper to be pulled out to keep us moving happily at lower elevations.
No instabilities found today and more recent storm snow seem to bind decently well to the crust found below. Also, quite supportive boot packing which was welcomed. There was evidence of old slide debris and trauma tots littering the slope below steeper exposed faces on all aspects, which are now covered with 5ish cms of fresh.
Even had some blue-ish skies!
