- Submitted by
- msulkers
- Observations date
- Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 14:17
- Location
- 50.948857° N 122.888088° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Deep powder
- Hard
- Powder
- Wind affected
- We rode:
- Alpine slopes
- Mellow slopes
- Open trees
- Steep slopes
- Sunny slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Convex slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Cold
- Stormy
- Sunny
- Windy
Comments
Spent 8 days touring Eldorado area to 2300m ending 180223. Best riding TL and BTL. Winds from all directions during week occasionally to extreme. Stability improved throughout week with skiing to 45 deg in glades by end of week. Buried near surface facets down 5-30 180216 rounded as week went on but new crop developed in top 12-20 with nightly lows from -16 to -26C. Winds predominantly from polar asp esp NW during week.
Skiing BTL gave ski pen to 35cm esp on W asp slopes. Alp hammered but excellent cramponing practice. 3 naturals sz 1.0 observed during entire week. Precip totals very light with 23cm recorded for week, but windslabs to 50cm formed in crossloaded terrain at treeline. Cornice tabs fragile.
