- Submitted by
- nikaksamit
- Observations date
- Monday, May 8, 2017 at 11:35
- Location
- 52.178840° N 117.247160° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Hard
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
No need for skins. Booted on supportive melt crust all the way to the base of Skyladder. 5-10 cm wind deposited snow bonding fairly well to 2-5 cm melt crust. Looks like a skiing party bailed part way up yesterday. We made it a bit further and had to pull the plug because things just got icier the higher we got. The melt crusts ran up to 3000 m, and appeared to keep on going.