- Submitted by
- jamesdrakebc
- Observations date
- Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 21:41
- Location
- 49.441941° N 117.202041° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- We rode:
- Convex slopes
- Dense trees
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
Natural avalanche on a South western aspect. Size 1.5 roughly didn't get too close to it. Ran around 100 m with an 8 inch roughly crown. Broke on a rollover cliff feature above it then ran down into the bowl before.