- Submitted by
- northrockiesfieldteam
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 02:00
- Location
- 55.356293° N 122.643926° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
%2F-122.64392621431134%2C55.35629282714069%2C8%2C0%2C0%2F1026x200%3Faccess_token%3Dpk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g&w=1200&q=75 "Sunshine and Sparkly Feathers")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
Comments
A surprise today, we saw a recent avalanche just outside the Powder King boundary. A slope in the Kitchen Window had been accidentally triggered by a snowboarder sometime in the last 24 hours. We hiked up for a closer look and found an old windslab that had slid on facets growing on top of the Melt-Freeze crust.
That hard melt-freeze crust also allowed us to boot-pack up. We found ok skiing in 5cm of snow that's on top of the crust in lee features and sheltered slopes.
