- Submitted by
- AlpineLifeSnowpackReport
- Observations date
- Monday, April 15, 2024 at 15:00
- Location
- 51.410380° N 116.374170° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Hard
- Wet
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Dense trees
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
The spring day/night cycle is here. If you dont leave early travel conditions will be awful. If dont finish early, the way down will be through mushy unsupportive snow if it is in the sun. The variablilty make it tricky, one moment you are on supportive snow, the next your entire ski punches through.
There were lots of signs of fresh wet slides.
Morning (before ~9am):
Below treeline : rock hard frozen snow
Treeline : similar to below treeline but softer.
Alpine : pretty good
Afternoon:
Below treeline: absolute unsupportive trash if in the sun
Treeline -alpine: pretty awesome, slick popcorn snow.