- Submitted by
- Ryan Shelly
- Observations date
- Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 21:00
- Location
- 50.094090° N 123.173530° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- Powder
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Several snowpack test results in the Metal dome area. We tested a North Facing 20 slope. Freezing level approx 1800M. Throughout the day tree bombs started falling but it cooled again early afternoon.
CTM 18 down 30 on new snow interface SP
CTH 23 down 60 on rounding Facets SP
CTH 28 down 80 on a facet and melt freeze crust (1F-) SP
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