- Submitted by
- jeff
- Observations date
- Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 23:00
- Location
- 51.708842° N 116.462803° W
- Reporting on
- Snow conditions
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Quick
Avalanche
Snowpack
Weather
Incident
Snow conditions
- Riding quality was:
- Good
- Snow conditions were:
- Powder
- We rode:
- Dense trees
- Mellow slopes
- We stayed away from:
- Alpine slopes
- Convex slopes
- Steep slopes
Information
- The day was:
- Cloudy
- Windy
- Avalanche conditions
- 30cm + of new snow, or significant drifting, or rain in the last 48 hours.
Comments
We skied very conservatively, due to the recent snow in the Rockies. We expected widespread instabilities and saw the results of many size 2 avalanches on our drive home. On Cirque Peak outlier, we did not encounter whoomphing or shooting cracks. Wind slab was present near treeline but had 10cm of stormsnow on top. A quick treeline pit produced CT13/14 SC down 40 and a ECTN14. Interface between 4finger storm snow and fist facets. Alpine looked like it had significant wind effect but we did not venture higher.