- Submitted by
- pgrockies
- Observations date
- Friday, February 15, 2019 at 24:41
- Location
- 49.457222° N 117.147333° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
/-117.14733326691095,49.457222440611446,8,0,0/1026x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiYXZhbGFuY2hlY2FuYWRhIiwiYSI6ImNqd2dvZmUxdzE4ZWg0M2tkaXpuNG95aTQifQ.pBLM87fE3sIxRJqJT7Bf7g "White Queen")
Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Terrible
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Wind affected
Information
- The day was:
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
Very high winds, all day today primarily out of the Northeast. Significant wind transport observed, with rapidly growing slabs,enough that we decided not to drop into 5 mile given overhead hazard and stiffening wind slab underfoot. Dropped the south aspect of White Queen only to discover an inch thick sun crust formed on south aspects yesterday. Rapidly growing wind slabs forming in starting zones and lee features on most aspects of the alpine today