- Submitted by
- kirstie
- Observations date
- Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 22:00
- Location
- 59.666580° N 135.140040° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- Wet
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Sunny
- Warm
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Rapid temperature rise to near or above 0°C or wet surface snow.
Comments
AST course at summit cr. Warm day above 0 although winds cool. A bit of fresh snow from the night before. Overnight freezing level about 900 metres. We observed small loose avalanches on all aspects around exposed rocks on our journey up. Significant isothermal conditions around trees and rocks made for cautious movements especially when we were off our skis. Ski conditions mix of a corn and crusty corn with pockets of powder on north aspects above 1400 m. On drive home we observed moderately large (2 - 2.5) fresh avalanche activity high up and mid slope on Halcyon on south facing slope. Highest avalanche was a slab release, one mid-slope was a loose avalanche that stepped down and others were loose snow avalanches. Close to the BC border loose avalanches were running to ground.