- Submitted by
- mikey
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 22:00
- Location
- 50.949560° N 118.068680° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-118.06868,50.94956,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Montana Crest")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Open trees
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Steep slopes
Information
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Beautiful day in the backcountry around RMR. An inversion brought warm temps and the sun was baking the snowpack on south facing slopes around noon. Melting on trees was a good indicator that things were warming up. A quick pit earlier showed obvious layers (the deepest was the Nov 17 layer) that could cause problems if the top layer started to have some cohesion which the warming temps gave it. This size 3 avy was skier triggered by a skier ski cutting the top of the slope. The slide easily propagated as it moved down the hill.
