- Submitted by
- MattSzczepanski
- Observations date
- Monday, January 28, 2019 at 22:00
- Location
- 49.524980° N 115.112450° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Cut blocks
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Went for an exploratory mission behind Mt. Fernie. We alder whacked our way up at lower elevations; it still need at least +1m of snow to make it good skiing. Once we got out of the valley bottom the snow was amazing but unstable. Played it safe and skied some conservative lines down from the ridge top.
