- Submitted by
- nick.randell4
- Observations date
- Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 17:16
- Location
- 50.683881° N 115.192530° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
Comments
Conditions are definitely deteriorating from our early season Winter Wonderland!
We observed a lot of facetting in the lower snowpack, and got surprisingly easy results on a column test on a SE aspect bowl at treeline (See Snowpack).
Ski quality was ok, ski penetration of wind crusts made for difficult riding and unconsolidated snow in the trees made trail breaking and skinning difficult.
