- Submitted by
- kaycahill
- Observations date
- Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 18:00
- Location
- 50.130240° N 123.278230° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
After climbing into the alpine we quickly ran into evidence of wind loading on a shaded NW aspect. Slab ranged from 8-20cm below the new snow with noticeable settling and some whumpfing. We turned around at this point. Stability and snow conditions on lower slopes were excellent.