- Submitted by
- pkubik
- Observations date
- Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 16:38
- Location
- 49.558080° N 123.131140° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Cut blocks
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Foggy
- Stormy
- Warm
- Wet
- Avalanche conditions
- 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
Isothermal snow below 1100 meters then heavy new snow over isothermal snow, rain-soaked. Ski pen was calf deep. Crossed 5 or 6 avalanche chutes on Downing Creek road on steep west-facing gullies that had recently slid although not as big as in previous years.
