- Submitted by
- bjtennan
- Observations date
- Friday, December 28, 2018 at 18:30
- Location
- 54.905886° N 126.892272° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Stormy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Skied into Joe L’Orsa cabin for a night. Dug a quick put on the way out near the last bridge. Snow depth was 135cm, with the top 25 being recent. 55cm down (at 80cm mark on the probe) lies a crust that delineates a density change in the snow pack. This crust failed with 4 hard hits during a compression test. 90 cm down (45cm from the ground) lies a low density (fist) facet layer. After the 55cm crust failed, this layer failed after 2 hard hits. Note that this test was done during the start of the most recent snowfall, which added an additional 25-35 cm of wet, heavy snow on top of this profile.
