- Submitted by
- lebjulie
- Observations date
- Monday, March 6, 2017 at 17:30
- Location
- 49.493780° N 57.719820° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Heavy
- Powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Warm
- 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.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
We skied up to the bench at the bottom of Kill Devil. Back the same way. Moist snow and warm temps made trail breaking hard. Stiffer snow at the surface. Ice crust down 40-60cm.
