- Submitted by
- Hyland Backcountry
- Observations date
- Friday, December 18, 2020 at 20:55
- Location
- 54.775120° N 127.294030° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-127.29403,54.77512,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Hudson Bay Mtn - Prairie/Miller Ck")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Foggy
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
AST 1 course tour along treeline towards Miller Ck, steady snowfall all day, 2cm/per hour rate of snowfall, with up to 20 cm accumulation by dark. This is settling into a soft storm slab, with cracking observed. Several whumpfs felt today, the first time in this area after a lot of travel, deeper in the snowpack. Light winds with no real transport at TL, but a lot of snow is available for wind transport and loading, and winds were increasing late in the day from the SW.