- Submitted by
- alpineairadventures
- Observations date
- Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 19:00
- Location
- 51.392720° N 116.212570° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
Comments
Skied a couple laps out of Saddle back pass, the ski quality was excellent with almost boot top pow and no wind effect. I did 2x hand shears to asses the upper layers, both failed easily about 35 cm down on faceted crystals. That said there was very little cohesion and tension in the snow above that. Superficial probing, the mid pack felt over all well settled. We rode slopes to 35 deg at TL and BTL. No new avalanche activity observed.