- Submitted by
- southrockies
- Observations date
- Friday, April 15, 2022 at 18:00
- Location
- 49.735440° N 114.630180° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
Comments
Today in the Crowsnest Pass near Window Mountain we found 10 - 15 cm of recent snow has been redistributed from northeast winds onto south-facing slopes. There are wind slabs in this area that are not bonding to the previous surface of a hard and smooth melt-freeze crust due to a layer of faceted snow sandwiched between them. That said, the wind slab problem is small and only found directly lee of ridges and in extreme terrain. Temperatures are still cold -7.5 at 2200m at 12:30 and winds were picking up as we left to light SW. We skied the North facing slope that was variable and wind-affected. there were a few good turns lower down on the slope where it was more sheltered from the wind.