- Submitted by
- Martina
- Observations date
- Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at 10:00
- Location
- 53.367070° N 119.853843° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-119.85384308012725,53.36707042912019,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "Keepin it Mellow")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Amazing
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- We rode:
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Stormy
- 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
We finally have enought storm snow (35cm) over the surface hoar layer buried on Dec27th to create some hazardous conditions. We triggered a small road bank with our sleds on our way up today on this layer. We then decided to keep our terrain choices super mellow after that (less than 30 degrees) and avoided any big overhead slopes. While skinning up we noticed shooting cracks from our skis several times. When we dug down into the snow the weak layer was super obvious as well. Looks like we're starting the new year with a tricky avalanche problem that has potential to linger for a long time.
