- Submitted by
- J Brent Peters
- Observations date
- Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 17:07
- Location
- 51.699758° N 116.442375° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
We stayed away from lee slopes.
Moderate westerlies were transporting snow at ridgetop on Mts Temple, Olive, Gordon, Crowfoot.
On drive home we observed numerous Sz 1-1.5 slab avalanches on lee loaded alpine slopes along Mt Crowfoot.