Valley bottom of Powder King

Map for Mountain Information Network report: Valley bottom of Powder King

Snow conditions

Riding quality was:
Good
Snow conditions were:
  • Powder
We rode:
  • Mellow slopes
We stayed away from:
  • Alpine slopes
  • Convex slopes
  • Steep slopes

Information

The day was:
  • Cloudy
  • Stormy
  • Windy
Avalanche conditions
  • 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.

Comments

Dug a pit at the base of powder king we had a failure on the facet crust layer ECTM11 down 40cm resistant planner results. We dug on a west facing aspect around 950m.