- Submitted by
- samirsomji
- Observations date
- Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 21:00
- Location
- 49.586800° N 115.068610° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Dense trees
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
Due diligence day investigating the current PWL before thinking about stepping into bigger terrain. Dug 2 pits on SW and NW aspects around 2000m, see photos for profile data. Saw some reactive wind slab on lee slopes, up to 10cm deep. Winds were gusting to moderate from the SW. Breakable sun crust on protected solar features up to 2200m. Good boot top pow skiing in shady features above 1500m, fast slushy skiing below 1500m in the pm. 3-10cm of new snow.
