- Submitted by
- guillaume.vassas
- Observations date
- Thursday, January 18, 2024 at 20:00
- Location
- 51.347273° N 117.519605° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- OK
- Snow conditions were:
- Crusty
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Convex slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cold
- Sunny
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- Slab avalanches today or yesterday.
Comments
Went up to the Swiss glacier with low hopes of skiing the S couloir. As soon as we hit treeline elevation, cold mod winds from the east appeared, along with a mix of wind crusts, slabs and sastrugi. Swiss glacier has 1-3m of snow atop the ice and many visible crevasses. We turned around on the glacier due to the obvious mediocrity of the conditions, but the sun was shining and the views delivered. Below TL, we found good settled powder.
