- Submitted by
- gagnes
- Observations date
- Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 14:00
- Location
- 49.398490° N 123.185490° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-123.18549,49.39849,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Hollyburn Southside")
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Hard
- Heavy
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Open trees
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Turns at 1250 m elevation on steep pitches lead to ~ top 10 cm of snow sliding to the bottom of the pitch, with some pin-wheeling where the size of the accumulated snow-boulder was < 0.5 m in diameter. Little snow movement on less steep pitches. And then lower on the mountain, ~ 1100 m elevation, there was very little snow moving. Snow melt from the tree branches was causing crusts to form around tree bases.