- Submitted by
- jeremycflamand
- Observations date
- Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at 21:00
- Location
- 59.706108° N 135.102291° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Wet
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- Windy
- 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
Poor visibility for most of the day, fairly warm temperatures when out of the wind.
Pit dug on NE aspect of Fraser ridge. Total snow depth ~160cm. Failure at 55cm and 75cm from surface at CTM12, and again at CTE7 on mellow slope. We did not remove our skins and rather backtracked our skin track. Knee deep skin track filled in within 45min. Shooting cracks and wumphing.
