- Submitted by
- AvCan Northwest
- Observations date
- Thursday, December 14, 2023 at 20:00
- Location
- 54.364250° N 127.088590° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
We saw a few avalanches today at the Grizzly Plateau that were triggered by yesterday's strong southwesterly winds. These avalanches were all wind slabs that pulled out of steep alpine east faces. A couple of them also triggered additional slabs when they hit treeline. We suspect these failed on a weak layer of surface hoar down around 25cm.
