- Submitted by
- packedpow
- Observations date
- Friday, January 8, 2021 at 18:00
- Location
- 49.645821° N 123.085018° 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:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Foggy
- Warm
- Wet
Comments
Saw evidence of numerous previous slides, size ~2.5 debris pile on first photos. Most any open slope had a crown at the top buried but about 30cm of soft snow and debris pile. Sliding surface seemed to be rain crust maybe from Monday? A quick hand pit showed an easy shear above the crust. No fresh slabs observed, but some point releases and sluffing.
Approach was a bit of a pain with numerous (20?) creeks across sky pilot road requiring various crossing techniques and wet snow adhering to skins until the end of the road elevation.
