- Submitted by
- steve.connick
- Observations date
- Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 07:18
- Location
- 51.667458° N 116.404384° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Powder
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
Went up to Helen Shoulder, wrapped around and set a skin track up the mellow South and east facing slopes rather than the burn. Great riding in the Glades and lower angle slopes, lots of shooting cracks and whumphing below treeline while putting in the skin track.