- Submitted by
- joeyvosburgh
- Observations date
- Friday, December 21, 2018 at 21:09
- Location
- 50.948436° N 118.076533° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Foggy
- Sunny
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
- Whumpfing or drum-like sounds or shooting cracks.
Comments
At 2100m north aspect skier controlled size2. Fracture line ranged in depth from 30cms to 90 (est.), 40m wide and ran 150-200m. It had an unsupported character immediately lee of the ridge and was initiated by a chunk of cornice that was dropped. It had impressive debris well over 1.5m deep. We skied adjacent to it on well supported features. Variable windslabs present in the mid slope too. No other reactivity during steep open tree skiing.