- Submitted by
- oswin33
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 17:00
- Location
- 49.571487° N 115.447083° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
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Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Heavy
- We rode:
- Convex slopes
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Cut blocks
- Open trees
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Skied cabin trees at pow cow, little sand. Ski cut convex at top of area in dense trees and produced 2- 2.5 slab. Depth was approx 30cms deep (24 hour storm snow) ran down to plateu and proper gated approx 200 metres across. Tests in our snow pit showed weakness on hoar layer, slab released extremely easily.