Tommy Creek

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Tommy Creek

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
OK
Snow conditions were:
  • Wet
We rode:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Mellow slopes
  • Open trees

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Sunny
  • Wet
Avalanche conditions
  • Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.

Comments

Was a cloudy then sunnier day at Tommy Creek today. There was about 6 inches of new snow, which turned to sticky wet snow as the day progressed. As we progressed Tommy 1, there was a little bit of large cornices on steeper slopes that we stayed away from. As we tried to traverse back to Tommy 3, the cornices (as seen in the pictures) were large enough and in an avalanche runout zone so we chose to not go any farther and turned around.