- Submitted by
- powpow
- Observations date
- Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 05:00
- Location
- 51.638460° N 116.327630° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Cold
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
poked around the mosquito creek area and it's still early season out there. the snowpack was 60-100 cm at tree line, 3/4 of which was unconsolidated (in non-exposed areas) storm snow overlaying a facet layer. there was some slab development with a few shooting cracks in more exposed areas at treeline.
the snowpack wasn't supportive at all, which made for tough travel and a few shark bites.