- Submitted by
- Kevin Ostlund
- Observations date
- Thursday, January 23, 2020
- Location
- 49.536891° N 116.222561° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Stormy
Comments
15-25 cm of fresh on top of what I believe was a Jan 20th sun crust. Storm snow was very reactive on the sun crust (3 from wrist), but did not propagate on an extended column test. Many other reactive layers down to 55cms. Play safe and make good decisions!!
