- Submitted by
- Alex Grierson
- Observations date
- Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 22:00
- Location
- 50.473850° N 115.840870° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
15-20cm of light, dry snow over a firm crust on solar aspects and a well settled snowpack on true North. This made skinning quite difficult on steep solar aspects, even with ski crampons. There were a few natural size 1 slabs on the crust on solars, but mostly dry loose. There had been some Northerly winds, but we didn't feel any windslabs. Skiing was excellent, especially on true North. On other aspects sluffing of the new snow meant skiing wasn’t quite as good. South aspects had a thin surface crust by the afternoon. Make the most of it before it warms up again!
