- Submitted by
- anthony.stielow
- Observations date
- Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 19:00
- Location
- 51.563072° N 116.356111° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Heavy
- Powder
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Skied Pulpit Knob. The sun was out in force today and was baking the south face of the knob. The snow is deep, 275cm depth, and there is 40-60 cm of powder but the quality is highly variable depending on aspect and elevation. By 1pm the sun had done a number to the storm snow and things were getting pretty heavy in this top layer. We noted pinwheels and balling snow and decided to head home. As expected, we experienced some easy shearing between then new snow/old snow interface at lower elevations where the trees hadn't kept it shaded. At upper elevations we still found powder light enough to have few good runs but I would think by tomorrow the snow on this south face will have a sun crust on top.